Ban on execution of mentally ill moves forward in Virginia Senate
January 14, 2019
A state Senate panel voted Monday to bar the execution of people with serious mental illnesses. The same bill failed last year, but a last-minute move by Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Warm Springs, will send the legislation to the Senate floor. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted for the bill 8-6…Read More >>
Appeals court rules 2011 Fairfax County death sentence flawed
November 27, 2018
A jury that sentenced a Virginia man to death in 2011 should have been allowed to hear expert testimony that he was a low risk to commit violence in prison, a unanimous panel of the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. … Read More >>
Va. jury deadlocks on death sentence for man who killed wife and police officer
October 25, 2018
A Virginia jury could not agree on whether to impose a death sentence for Ronald Hamilton, who killed his wife and a Prince William police officer — a deadlock that resulted in a sentence of life in prison without parole for the former Pentagon IT specialist. … Read More >>