a bill that would impose a moratorium on executions died in a Senate committee.

a bill that would impose a moratorium on executions died in a Senate committee.
By a vote of 3-11, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee failed to report a bill by Sen. Henry Marsh, D-Richmond, that would end effectively end capital punishment in Virginia.
The bill met the same fate as scores of anti-death penalty measures have for years in the conservative General Assembly.