Virginia
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- FEBRUARY 14, 2007VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
the Virginia Senate voted to eliminate the state’s "triggerman" rule...
the Virginia Senate voted to eliminate the state’s "triggerman" rule, which limits capital charges to the actual killer and not accomplices.
- JANUARY 1, 2007VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine postponed the execution of Percy Walton...
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine postponed the execution of Percy Walton to allow more time to review claims the condemned inmate is mentally retarded and insane.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
John Yancey Schmitt was executed by injection...
John Yancey Schmitt was executed by injection...
- OCTOBER 23, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Beverly Snukals followed the jury's recommendation...
Circuit Judge Beverly Snukals followed the jury's recommendation in imposing the ultimate punishment on Ricky Javon Gray for the random New Year's Day slayings of Bryan Harvey, 49, his wife and their 2 young daughters.
- AUGUST 23, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended that Ricky Javon Gray be condemned...
Jurors recommended that Ricky Javon Gray be condemned...
- JULY 28, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. VIRGINIA EXECUTES MICHAEL LENZ FOR SLAYING OF INMATE
Michael Lenz, a man who stabbed a fellow inmate to death during a pagan religious ceremony, was executed on July 27. Lenz, 42, had no final words before the lethal drugs were injected. He was pronounced dead at 9:07 pm at the Greensville Correctional Cent
- JULY 25, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death for ordering the July 23...
Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death for ordering the July 23...
- JULY 21, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. MAN EXECUTED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
convicted murderer Brandon Wayne Hedrick was executed in the electric chair in Virginia on July 20 night becoming the first person in the United States to be put to death by electrocution in more than two years.
- MAY 5, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. EXONERATED DEATH ROW INMATE TO GET $2.25M
a federal jury ruled that a former state police investigator fabricated a confession that sent Earl Washington Jr. to death row for a rape and murder he didn't commit.
- APRIL 27, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Dexter Lee Vinson was put to death tonight for the sexual assault and murder of his former girlfriend.
Dexter Lee Vinson was put to death tonight for the sexual assault and murder of his former girlfriend.
- MARCH 24, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
in Richmond, a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
in Richmond, a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing...