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.
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the Democratic candidate Tim Kaine beat the Republican Jerry Gilmore in the elections to become governor of Virginia.
Kaine, a Catholic, won by a clear margin following a bitter campaign between the two in which the Democratic candidate had openly expressed his opposition to the death penalty. His opponent, former District Attorney Kilgore, is a staunch defender of lethal injection.
Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of people executed since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
Kaine, a Catholic, won by a clear margin following a bitter campaign between the two in which the Democratic candidate had openly expressed his opposition to the death penalty. His opponent, former District Attorney Kilgore, is a staunch defender of lethal injection.
Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of people executed since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Ansa, 10/11/2005)
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