Moratorium on the Death Penalty in Virginia

What do Virginians say about a moratorium on the death penalty?

In a poll conducted in October 2000 by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and WSLS-TV, Roanoke, 58% of 735 registered Virginian voters favored stopping executions until issues surrounding the death penalty can be resolved. (Richmond Times- Dispatch, Nov. 6, 2000)

Contact VADP for a copy of the article which includes the poll methodology.

Below is a listing of groups and organizations that have passed moratorium resolutions. Please contact us if your group would like to join or if your group has adopted a moratorium resolution and is not listed.

Legislative and Political Governing Bodies and Individuals

  • Charlottesville City Council (Jan. 18, 2000)
  • Va. Democratic Committee (May 2000)
  • State Black Caucus (June 26, 2000)
  • former Gov. Douglas Wilder (November 13, 2000)
  • Va. Democratic Central Committee (Dec. 2, 2000)
  • Lexington City Council (Feb. 15, 2001)
  • Blacksburg City Council (April 24, 2001)
  • Gov. Timothy Kaine
  • former Attorney General William Broaddus
  • former Attorney General Anthony Troy
  • Arlington County Civic Federation (November 13, 2001)

Legal Community

  • Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association (April 14, 1999)
  • Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys (July, 1999)
  • Harrisonburg/Rockingham County Bar Association (Feb. 14, 2001)
  • Warren County Bar Association (April 19, 2001)
  • Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (June 27, 2001)

Press

  • Virginian Pilot, Norfolk (July 6, 1999)
  • News-Leader, Staunton (Feb. 11, 2000)
  • Potomac News (Feb. 13, 2000)
  • Roanoke Times (Feb. 19, 2000)
  • Richmond Free Press (April 13, 2000)
  • Southwest Va. Enterprise, Wytheville (January 27, 2001)
  • Lynchburg News & Advance (February 15, 2001)
  • Free-Lance Star, Fredericksburg (February 19, 2001)

Religious Groups

  • Catholic Diocese of Richmond (January, 1998)
  • Manassas Church of the Brethren (Nov. 22, 1998)
  • Spirituality of the Feminine in Action, Falls Church (April 5, 1999)
  • Little Flower Catholic Worker, Goochland (April 12, 1999)
  • Pax Christi Richmond (May 7, 1999)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Triangle, VA (October 18, 1999)
  • Quaker Lake Friends Meeting, Keysville (September 29, 1999)
  • Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (Feb. 5, 2000)
  • Methodist Federation for Social Action, Virginia chapter (Feb. 12, 2000)
  • Virginia Council of Churches (Feb. 16, 2000)
  • St. Jude Catholic Church, Christiansburg (February 24, 2000)
  • Catholic High School, Virginia Beach (March 10,2000)
  • St. Pius X Catholic Church, Norfolk (March 25, 2000)
  • Maury River Friends Meeting, Lexington, VA (March 26, 2000)
  • Rev. Pat Robertson (April 7, 2000)
  • Tidewater Sowers of Justice (April 14, 2000)
  • Daughters of Wisdom, Southern region (April 14, 2000)
  • St. Jerome Catholic Church, Newport News, VA (May, 2000)
  • Roanoke Quaker Friends Meeting (May, 2000)
  • First Unitarian Church of Richmond (June 4, 2000)
  • Charlottesville Quaker Friends Meeting (June 4, 2000)
  • Voices that Challenge- Catholic High School, Virginia Beach (Spring 2000)
  • Virginia People of Faith for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
  • Herndon Quaker Friends Meeting (May 21, 2000)
  • Valley Quaker Friends Meeting, Harrisonburg area (June 11, 2000)
  • United Methodist Church of Virginia (June 13, 2000)
  • Richmond Quaker Friends Meeting (September 1, 2000)
  • St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Richmond (September 19, 2000)
  • Virginia Beach Quaker Friends Meeting (October 8, 2000)
  • Church of the Incarnation, Charlottesville (October 31, 2000)
  • Goose Creek Quaker Friends Meeting, Lincoln, VA (November 5, 2000)
  • Virlina District Conference, Church of the Brethren (November 11, 2000)
  • Church of the Sacred Heart, Pastoral council, Petersburg (November 14, 2000)
  • Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Chesapeake (November 17, 2000)
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Smithfield (December 11, 2000)
  • Alexandria Quaker Friends Meeting (January 7, 2001)
  • Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia (February, 2001)
  • St. Anthony's of Padua Catholic Church, Falls Church (February 8, 2001)
  • Alliance of Baptists (February 23, 2001)
  • St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Wytheville (April 24, 2001)
  • Universal Unitarians of Waynesboro (June 3, 2001)
  • Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (June 9, 2001)
  • St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Virginia Beach (September 11, 2001)
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Norfolk (November 29, 2001)
  • Langley Hill Quaker Friends Meeting, McLean (December 16, 2001)
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Norfolk (December 18, 2001)
  • Star of the Sea Parish, Virginia Beach (March 2, 2002)

Other

  • Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
  • ACLU of Virginia
  • General Strike Collective, Rchmond (April 28, 1999)
  • Richmond Peace Education Center (Oct. 11, 1999)
  • Center for Radical Honesty, Stanley, VA (December, 2000)
  • Common Ground Network for Peace, Justice, and the Environment-
  • Harrisonburg (April 4, 2000)
  • Virginia Organizing Project (June 4, 2000)
  • Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice (August 13, 2000)
  • Peninsula Peace Education Center, Newport News (October 10, 2000)
  • NAACP of Virginia (November 4, 2000)
  • Roundtable on Poverty, Wythe and Bland Counties (January 20, 2001)
  • Virginia Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Jan. 26, 2001)
  • The ARC of Virginia (mental retardation advocacy organization) (October 13, 2001)
 
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