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- NOVEMBER 5, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court jury...
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court jury recommended that Jerry T
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond,...
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond, a group of newspapers joined with an inmate-aid organization and asked the state's highest court to allow DNA testing that could show whether a convicted killer executed a decade ago was, in fact
- JUNE 26, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Justin Michael Wolfe was sentenced to death in Prince...
Justin Michael Wolfe was sentenced to death in Prince William County after a judge agreed with a jury's recommendation that he face lethal injection for recruiting a friend to assassinate his marijuana supplier
- JUNE 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Walter R
Walter R
- APRIL 2, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Lee Zirkle, 33, died by injection at the Greensville...
Daniel Lee Zirkle, 33, died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:07 p
- MARCH 14, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
James Earl Patterson, 35, died by injection at the...
James Earl Patterson, 35, died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:10 p
- MARCH 1, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out the conviction...
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out the conviction and death sentence of Jeffrey Alan Thomas, convicted of the attempted rape and murder of a teen-age girl, Tara Rose Munsey on Jan
- JANUARY 23, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Richmond, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee...
In Richmond, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee committee killed legislation that would have allowed Virginians to register their opposition to the death penalty with a registry maintained by the Virginia Supreme Court
- DECEMBER 10, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A study released by the Joint Legislative Audit Review...
A study released by the Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission found that the death penalty in Virginia is applied more often in rural and suburban jurisdictions than in urban ones, even when the underlying crimes are similar
- OCTOBER 30, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge William C
Judge William C
- OCTOBER 18, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Christopher Beck, 26, was put to death by injection...
Christopher Beck, 26, was put to death by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Supreme Court recently overturned the...
The Virginia Supreme Court recently overturned the death sentence of the only juvenile offender on Virginia's death row