Virginia
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- 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...
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a Valley County jury has recommended the death penalty for Ivan Teleguz.
a Valley County jury has recommended the death penalty for Ivan Teleguz.
- JANUARY 31, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
in Richomnd, the Virginia Senate passed a bill banning the death penalty for juveniles.
in Richomnd, the Virginia Senate passed a bill banning the death penalty for juveniles.
- JANUARY 16, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a bill to propose a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia has failed before...
a bill to propose a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia has failed before a Senate committee. Richmond Democrat Henry Marsh's bill died on a voice vote.
- JANUARY 12, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
new DNA tests confirmed the guilt of a man who went to his death in Virginia's electric chair in 1992
new DNA tests confirmed the guilt of a man who went to his death in Virginia's electric chair in 1992 proclaiming his innocence, a spokeswoman for the governor said Thursday.
- JANUARY 3, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. DEATH PENALTY BARRED DUE TO VIOLATION OF VIENNA CONVENTION
Dinh Pham, a Vietnamese man accused of strangling a Fairfax County woman and her 22-month-old daughter would not face the death penalty in Virginia, a judge ruled, because police violated the man's Vienna Convention rights by not informing him that he cou
- JANUARY 1, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
1,000TH EXECUTION IN THE U.S. AND CITIES AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, D’ELIA: LETS NOT FORGET THE SLAUGHTER IN CHINA AND THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN IRAN, VIETNAM AND NORTH KOREA
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration in Rome on November 30 in front of the United States embassy to mark the 1,000th US execution since the Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. GOVERNOR STOPS MILESTONE U.S. EXECUTION
Gov. Mark Warner spared the life of a convicted killer who would have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976. The governor commuted Robin Lovitt's death sentence to life
- NOVEMBER 8, 2005VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNOR AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
the Democratic candidate Tim Kaine beat the Republican Jerry Gilmore in the elections to become governor of Virginia.
- JULY 12, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. HIGH COURT STAYS LOVITT EXECUTION
the US Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution to Robin Lovitt, a man convicted of murder in Virginia, because much of the evidence was accidentally destroyed.