Virginia must reform its approach to the death penalty and mental illness

By Dale M. Brumfield

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Defendants should not be executed or sentenced to death if, at the time of the offense, they had a severe mental disorder Read More >>

Virginia Imposes Secrecy Provisions for Execution Drugs

By Shaun Kenney

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Courtesy of the Associated Press, the Free Lance-Star reports on what is perhaps one of the sadder and tragic laws to pass the General Assembly in recent memory

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End the death penalty in Virginia

By Editorial Board, The News Leader
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Personally opposed to the death penalty but bound by law to uphold it, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D, may have backed into a way to end state executions.

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