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Editorial Cartoons-
December 12 - McDeath (Pittsburg Post-Gazette)

The Death Penalty in Virginia

Feb 15 - Death Sentence Recommended for Teleguz (WHSV TV3 News)
Feb 01 - Senate Votes to Restrict Death Penalty to Adults (Times-Dispatch)
Feb 01 - Attorneys Draft Lawsuit Against Va. on Caps (Times-Dispatch)

Jan 26 - Virginia Fugitive Loses Extradition Fight in Police Slaying (Associated Press)
Jan 23 - Ruling in Va. Case Restores Death Penalty Option (Washington Post)
Jan 19 - Keeping Evidence Issue for State (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)

Jan 18 - Don't Mourn Roger Coleman. Just Wait (Miami Herald)

Jan 17 - Bid to Halt Death Penalty Fails After Emotional Debate (Washington Post)
Jan 17 - Death Penalty Moratorium Measure Dies In Committee (Associated Press)
Jan 17 - Closure on Mr. Coleman (Washington Post)

Jan 13 - Tests Reaffirm Coleman's Guilt (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Jan 11 - A Duty to Learn the Truth (Washington Post)
Jan 11 - Feelings Mixed on DNA Tests (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Jan 11 - "Tell Them I Said Hello," He'd Say (Bristol Herald-Courier)
Jan 9 - Warner Working Until the Last Possible Minute (Daily Press)
Jan 9 - Ont. Crime Lab to Determine if Innocent Man was Executed (Canadian Press)
Jan 8 - Community Awaits DNA Results, Truth (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Jan 8 - Verdict May Bring Changes (Staunton News-Leader)

Jan 6 - DNA Testing Ordered in Coleman Case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Jan 6 - Warner Orders DNA Test in Case of Man Executed in '92 (Washington Post)
Jan 6 - DNA Tests Could Have National Implications (Roanoke Times)
Jan 6 - DNA Testing Ordered 12 Years After Man Executed (Associated Press)
Dec 30 - DNA Tests Could Show Executed Man Innocent (United Press International)
Dec 28 - Old Evidence Gives New Hope (Staunton News Leader)
Dec 28 - Indigent Defense Loses Out Again (Virginian-Pilot)
Dec 12 - The Death Penalty Shift (Washington Post Writers' Group)
Dec 4 - If We Have a Death Penalty, Let's At Least Make It Fair (Lynchburg News & Advance)
Dec 4 - The Politics of Death (Virginian-Pilot)
Dec 1 - Virginia to End Year with No Executions for the First Time Since '83 (Associated Press)
Dec 1 - Not Batting 1,000 (Free Lance-Star)
Dec 1 - Governor Spares Convicted Murderer (CNN)

Dec 4 - The Politics of Punishment (Washington Post)

Sept 21 - DNA Links Man to 1988 Murders (The Examiner)
Sept 09 - Prosecutors remove death penalty; 2 men get life (Lynchburg News & Advance)
Sept 06 - Woman Gets Life Term In Slaying (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sept 04 - And Justice Undone in Virginia (Washington Post)

Aug 21 - Kilgore Visits Muder Site to Tout Anti-Gang Initiatives (Associated Press)
Aug 21 - Kilgore Sticks to Al-Qaida Claims (Daily Progress)
July 23 - Court Will Judge if Man Can Be Tried (AP)
July 7 - The Clock is Ticking Once Again! (Indymedia)
July 7 - One Review at a Time (Richmond Time-Dispatch)
July 3 - Death Comes to Virginia, But We Could Turn It Away
June 24 - Reasonable Doubt Lingers for Some on Death Row (Roanoke Times)
June 15 - Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Father, Stepmother with Baseball Bat (Virginian Pilot)
May 19 - Freedom Needed in Crime Lab Probe (Virginian-Pilot)
May 19 - Experts to Review 161 Virginia DNA Cases (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
May 17 – Alabama Woman Finishes Protest Walk To Washington (nbc13)

May 13 – In Spite of the System: Opponents to VA's Death Penalty Rally to Action
(Arlington Connection)
May 6 - Walking For a Cause - Lisa Thomas (Lynchburg News and Advance)
March 3 – Paying With Life For Sparing Their Death (Virginian Pilot)

March 2 – Virginians Hail, Decry Court Ruling (Richmond Times)

March 2 –Virginia Executed 3 in Such Cases (Roanoke Times)

March 2 – Executed Greene youth remembered after ruling (Daily Progress)

February 15 – Death Penalty for Gang Slaying Bill Likely Dormant for Year (AP)

February 15 – Adequate Defense Doesn’t Come for Free (Virginian Pilot)

February 9 – Hard to Believe Justice is Colorblind (Washington Post)

February 7 – Hey, Executioner, Leave Those Kids Alone (Cavalier Daily)

February 1 – Bill Banning Death Penalty for Juveniles Gets Tabled (Virginian Pilot)

January 31 – Committee Votes to Expand Death Penalty (AP)

January 30 – Death penalty may be campaign issue (Free Lance Star)

January 28 – Some want to restrict, others expand the death penalty (Times Papers)

January 27 – Panel Set to Study Death Penalty Bill (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

January 27 – Bill banning juvenile death penalty dead for this session (AP)

January 26 – Ban on juvenile death penalty sent to commission for study (AP)

January 25 – Impulsivity poor excuse (Daily Progress)

January 25 – Senate Panel Defeats Death Penalty Moratorium (AP)

January 25 - Death penalty: Senate committee rejects moratorium (Virginian-Pilot)

January 24 – Unlike Conn., Virginia has few qualms about capital punishment (New Haven Register)

January 24 – Cut Off the Political Ring (Augusta Free Press)

January 24 - Execution of juveniles? (Daily Progress)

January 24 – Murders of Norfolk Family Challenge a Death Penalty Foe (The Virginian-Pilot)

January 18 – Activists seek end to juvenile death penalty in Virginia (AP)

January 18– Bill would halt execution of juveniles (Roanoke Times)

January 3 – Kilgore's Politics of Killing (Roanoke Times)

January 3 – End the Death Penalty for Juveniles (Roanoke Times)

January 2 – The ACLU, Death Penalty, and Gubernatorial Spin (The Virginian-Pilot)

December 30 – Killers Undeterred (Washington Post)

December 27 – Legislature to Consider Ending Juvenile Death Penalty (Daily Press)

December 27 – Death Penalty A Key Strategy For Kilgore (Washington Post)

December 27 - The New and Improved Death Penalty (The Virginian-Pilot)

December 26 – Hateful and Wrong (Staunton News Leader)
December 25 – Executive Director of VADP (Richmond Times)

December 24 – Death Penalty Politics (Washington Post)

December 22 – Playing Politics with Life and Death (Roanoke Times)

December 21 – In VA Bills, Death Penalty Would Cover Accomplices (Washington Post)

December 21 – Kilgore Plan 'Enhances' Capital Cases (Roanoke Times)

December 13 – Mr. Kilgore’s False Start (Washington Post)

December 05 – A Racial Past in VA Death-Penalty Cases (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

December 05 – False Story Led to 1931 Rape Acquittal (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

December 05 – 'Martinsville Seven' Case Drew Worldwide Attention (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

December 05 – The Execution Files (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

November 8 – Matter of life, not death (Times-Dispatch)

October 13 – Supreme Court Hears Juvenile Death Penalty Appeal Today (Daily News-Record)

October 7 - Malvo Case Exposes State’s Death-Penalty Split (Virginian Pilot)

National Death Penalty

February 15 - Charnge in Lethal Injection Ordered (Los Angeles Times)
February 15 - George Ryan on Trial: Support by Death Row Foe (Chicago Tribune)
Feburary 14 - The Death Penalty Revisited (Scripps Howard News Service)
February 1 - Senate Hears Testimony For, Against Executions (Reuters)

January 26 - Dead to the World (New York Times)
January 23 - Panel Says It Can't Punish Ex-Lawyers (Charlotte Observer)
January 23 - For the Most Unlikely Lobbyist, A Major Victory (Newark Star Ledger)
January 23 - They Barely Mentioned Wanda McCoy (Bristol Herald-Courier)

January 19 - State Should Place Executions On Hold (San Antonio Express)
January 17 - Calif. Executes Oldest Death Row Inmate (Associated Press)
January 10 - New Jersey Lawmakers Vote to Suspend Executions (Associated Press)
December 27 - Eyewitnesses - Not Always Infalliable (Houston Chronicle)
December 15 - News in brief from the New Jersey Statehouse (Newsday)

December 15 - Facts don't support the revival of death penalty (DesMoines Register)

December 14 - Lawyer Backed In Conceding Client's Guilt (New York Times)
December 13 - Current death sentence doesn’t make sense (Seacoast Online)

December 13 - At the Gates of San Quentin (truthout)

December 13 - Will Execution Move the Debate? (Chicago Tribune)

December 12 - Nun's 'Pen Pal' Exonerated In Killings (Hartford Courant)

December 12 - Appeals Court to hear Mumia Abu-Jamal Case (AP)
December 12 - No Special Break for Tookie (Washington Post)
December 12 - Oregon Prosecutor Calls for End to Death Penalty (Press of Atlantic City)
December 12 - Former DA Millsap Rejects Capital Punishment (San Antonio Express-News)

December 07 - Life and Death and Samuel Alito (Los Angeles Times)
December 07 - Politics Works Against Crips Founder (CNN)
December 06 - The Question Only Texas Can Answer (Houston Chronicle)

December 06 - Death Penalty Costly (Philadelphia Inquirer)

December 05 - link to web recording of Diane Rehm show of 05Dec05 on National Public Radio regarding 1000 executions - http://www.wamu.org/programs/dr/
December 04 - Lacking Appeal (Chicago Tribune)

November 18 - Return of the Patriot Act (New York Times)
November 16 - Catholic Bishops Denounce Capital Punishment (Boston Globe)
November 16 - Both Sides State Cases on Death Penalty Bill (Los Angeles Times)

November 15 - Death Penalty Case Gives Clues to Alito's Methods (New York Times)

November 15 - Mass. House Defeats Death Penalty Bill (Associated Press)

November 7 - The Death Penalty Is No Deterrent (Washington Post)
October 27 - The Families Left Behind (Austin-American Statesman)

October 26 - Bill Would Allow Second Attempts At Federal Death Sentence (NY Times)

Spetember 26 - The Legacy of Lynching: Part One (Washington Post)
September 19 - Prison Ministry Serves to Change Lives (Cushing Daily Citizen)
September 11 - Governors Find Leeway in Granting Clemency (Courier-Journal)
September 04 - Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies (New York Times)

August 07 - Was Innocent Man Executed? (Houston Chronicle)

August 07- Justice Steves Criticizes the Death Penalty (Washington Post)

August 06 - Text of Justice Stevens Address to ABA (US Supreme Court)

August 05 - Death Penalty Creates Terrible Risk (The News & Record)

July 20 - House Helps Death Row Families (The Independent Weekly)
July 16 - Court Gutting in Congress (NY Times)
July 14 - Convicted, Executed and Not Guilty (NY Times)
July 13 - Death Penalty: Dead Man Talking (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
July 13 - Streamline or Steamroll? (LA Times)

July 10 - You Vs. Texas (Houston Chronicle)
July 6 - Republicans Want to Speed Up Death Penalty (Reuters)

July - "If Grace is True..." (The Lutheran)
June 29 - Court May Revise Rule on Death Row Appeals (Washington Post)
June 28 - Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a
Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone (NY Times)
June 27 - Crusading for Prisoners When the System Fails (NY Times)
June 27 - High Court to End Term with Big Decisions (Virginian Pilot)
June 21 - Death Penalty Debate Finally Produces Useful Result (USA Today)

June 21 - High Court Blocks Pa. Inmate's Death Sentence (Washington Post)
June 21 - Justices Overturn a Death Sentence,
Citing an Inadequate Defense Counsel (NY Times)

June 20 - Major Death Penalty Rulings This Term (AP)
June 1 - Top Court to Decide Kansas Death Penalty Law (Southwest Daily Times)
June 1 - N.C. House Postpones Vote on Death Penalty Moratorium (WRAL)
May 24 - Supreme Court Drops Case Ruled on by World Court (NY Times)

May 23 - Prosecutors Make Case for Death Against Convicted Gang Members (Virginian Pilot)

May 23 - Forensic Labs to Split to Boost Results (Washington Times)
May 19 - Inmate's Organ Donor Wish Poses Quandary (AP)

May 19 - Americans' Views of Death Penalty More Positive This Year (Gallup)

May 17 - Supreme Court Decisions Yet to Come (Detroit Free Press)
May 16 - Justice Under the Microscope (NY Times)www
May 14 - Muhammad Won't Sign Papers for Move to MD (Washington Post)

May 7 - Hanover Won't Try Muhammad, Malvo (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
May 7 - Lab's Errors Force Review of 150 DNA Cases (NY Times)
May 6 - Walking For a Cause - Lisa Thomas (Lynchburg News and Advance)
April 29 - Massachusetts Governor Urges Death Penalty (NY Times)
April 22 - Court Upholds Death Penalty for Sniper Mastermind Muhammad (Virginian Pilot)
April 22 - Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Sniper's Death Penalty (AP)

April 15 - Interrogation Methods Can Elicit Confessions From Innocent People (Wall Street Journal Science)

April 13 - U.S. Faulted in Slaying of Witness (Washington Post)
April 13 - New York Assembly Democrats Close Off Death Penalty for 2005 (NY Times)
April 13 - Death Row Life Analyzed (Red and Black)
April 12 – Albany Panel Closes Door on Death Penalty Measure (NY Times)
April 4 – Above All Else, Life - Pope John Paul II (NY Times)

March 2 – States reconsider death penalty laws (Newsday)

March 2 – Joining the rest of civilization (Salon)

March 2 – Supreme Court, 5-4, Forbids Execution in Juvenile Crime (NY Times)

March 2 – 5-4 Supreme Court Abolishes Juvenile Executions (Washington Post)

March 2 – High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths (AP)

March 2 – Ruling reflects U.S. unease on capital punishment issue (Baltimore Sun)

March 1 – Rough Justice (Slate)

March 1 – Death Row by the Numbers (Slate)

February 4 – Behind Bush's Bid to Save the Innocent (Washington Post)

February 5 – Legal Counsel for Capital Cases (New York Times)

February 1 – Connecticut execution puts the spotlight on 'death row syndrome' (CNN)

January 26 – Mexican government files brief in U.S. death penalty case (AP)

January 26 – The Wrong Attorney General (NYT)

January 4 – Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young Killers (New York Times)

January 2 – The Year in Death (Washington Post)

January 2 – A Legal Quest Against the Death Penalty (New York Times)

2004

December 7 – Codey Supports Death Penalty Moratorium (Star-Ledger)

October 24 -- The Wrong Man: Bloodsworth (Washington Post)

October 21 – Global legal trends make waves at high court (Christian Science Monitor)

News on VA Death Row Cases -

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Dec 30 - Death Penalty Sought in Case (The Republican)
Oct 09 - UPDATE: Killer's Retardation Case Reprised (Washington Post)
Oct 03 - Court Refuses to Hear VA Death Penalty Case (AP)
Aug 24 - Standards Should Be Higher for Death Penalty (The Connection)
Aug 21 - Atkins' Lawyers to File Appeal (Daily Press)
Aug 06 - Jury Says Atkins Isn't Retarded (Daily Press)

Aug 06 - Death Row Inmate Isn't Retarded, Jury Rules (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Aug 05 - Jury Upholds Death Sentence (Washington Post)

Aug 05 - US Jury Rules Killer Fit To Die (BBC News)

Aug 05 - Jurors Conclude Dath Row Inmate Is Competent (AP)

Aug 05 - VA Killer Isn't Retarded, Jury Says, Execution Set (Washington Post)

Aug 04 - Atkins' Lawyers Rebut Testimony (Daily Press)

Aug 03 - Psychologist Says Atkins Didn't Show Deficit (Daily Press)

Aug 02 - Witnesses Describe How Death Row Inmate Acted in School (Daily Press)

July 30 - Judge in Atkins Case Tells Both Sides to Focus (Daily Press)

July 29 - Death Row Inmate's Father Tells Jury About His Son (Daily Press)

July 27 - His Case Changed Execution Laws; Now Mental Ability is on Trial (Virginian-Pilot)
July 25 - Man's Fate Depends on Retardation Trial (CNN)
July 25 - Supreme Court Refuses to Delay Execution (AP)

July 24 - Virginia Court to Review Killer's Intelligence Level (Richmond Times-D)
July 23 - A Question of Culpability (Washington Post)

July 14 - Lovitt Case Deserves Court Spotlight (Virginian-Pilot)
July 12 - Court Halts Lovitt's Execution (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
July 12 - Virginia Man Granted Stay of Execution (Washington Post)
July 12 - At Last Minute, Court Stays Virginia Execution (Virginian-Pilot)
July 12 - Attorneys Ask for Stay of Execution for Man Set to Die July 27 (AP)
July 7 - The Clock is ticking once again! (Indymedia)

July 6 - Bishops Ask for Clemency in Death Penalty Case (AP)

July 6 - Decisive DNA (Free Lance-Star)

July 3 - Questions Plague July 11 Execution of Robin Lovitt (Virginian-Pilot)
June 28 - Death Row Inmate's Lawyers Request Stay of Execution (AP)
June 26 - Review Finds No Errors in DNA Testing in Murder (Virginian-Pilot)
June 24 - Reasonable Doubt Lingers for Some on Death Row (Roanoke Times)
June 23 - Plea for Review Affects Death Case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
June 6 – DNA Questions Cloud Next Execution (Virginian-Pilot)
May 21 – Advocates Want Execution Halted Until DNA Review (Virginian-Pilot)

May 20 – Execution date set for Virginia man convicted in scissor killing (AP)

May 12 – Opponents to VA's Death Penalty Relay to Action (Connection Newspapers)
May 11 – VA Will Send Snipers to Maryland (Washington Post)
May 10 - Case to Be Reviewed? (RichmondTimes-Dispatch)
April 30 - Court Says Inmate Cannot Be Executed (AP)
April 29 - Court: Lawsuit OK against trooper accused of coercing confession (AP)

April 2 - Portsmouth Gang Leader Gets Reprieve from Death Sentence (Virginian Pilot)
March 14 - Starr, in New Role, Gives Hope to a Needy Death Row Inmate (Washington Post)
March 2 – Juvenile Petersburg Kkiller Spared Death After Ruling (Richmond Times)

March 2 – Ruling affects 1 Virginia death-row inmate (Virginian-Pilot)

February 6 – Inmate's Rising I.Q. Score Could Mean His Death (New York Times)

February 4 – Man’s Life Hinges on Key Question (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

February 3 – Court denies death row inmate's request to hearing over mental retardation (AP)

February 1 – Attorneys await news on death ruling (Daily Press)
February 1 – Attorneys Don’t Want Jury to Know of Conviction (AP)

February 1 – Starr pleads case of Virginia man convicted in scissor killing (AP)
December 28 – Federal Judge Stays Jan. 7 Execution of Va. Inmate (Washington Post)

December 7 – Court Sets Bell’s Execution for Jan. 7, 2005 (The Winchester Star)

December 6 – Death-Penalty Case Arguments Heard (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

November 6 – Court upholds death penalty (News and Advance)

September 10 – Requests Denied Killer Is Executed (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

September 9 – A vigil for peace JMU students to protest death penalty (Augusta Free Press)

September 8 – Sister pleads for stay of execution (Daily Progress)

August 31 – Virginia 'justice' gives truth too low a priority (Roanoke Times)

Opinion Editorial -- Jack Payden-Travers

Virginia Exonerations

December 15 - DNA Clears Two More Men (Virginian-Pilot)

January 31 – Senate panel backs expansion of innocence claims (AP)

August 30 – Justice At Last (Daily Press)

August 29 – Precious Memories Aren’t Necessarily So (Virginian-Pilot)

August 25 – A Virginia Exoneration (Washington Post)

August 25 – Saved records and DNA tests clear third prisoner (Times-Dispatch)

August 25 – For Whitfield, justice is 22 years late (Virginian-Pilot)
August 25 – Wrongful imprisonment takes away years and family (Virginian-Pilot)

August 24 – DNA exonerates Norfolk man (Virginian-Pilot)
August 20, 2004 – VA Parolee, Family See Vindication (Washington Post)

Testing Roger Coleman's DNA

September 16 - The Executioner's Swan Song? (Atlantic Monthly)

February 27 – Coleman case still unsettled in many minds (Roanoke Times)

December 29 – Dithering on DNA (Washington Post)

August 13, 2004 – Why won’t Warner approve DNA testing in Coleman case? (Virginian-Pilot)

Opinion Editorial by Jack Payden-Travers – Contact VADP for a Copy of this article

June 20 -- Warner Decision Awaited on DNA Testing (AP)

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June 11 - Retesting DNA Can Put an End to Dispute (News and Advance)

March 7 – Test Time, Mr. Warner (Washington Post)
March 3 – Refusal to do DNA Test Gives Critics Fuel (News Leader Editorial)
Email VADP (office@vadp.org) for the text of this article.
March 3 – Panel’s Early Findings Take Aim at 21 – Day Rule (Times-Dispatch)

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Earl Washington Jr - Exonerated from VA's Death Row

April 29 - Court: Lawsuit OK against trooper accused of coercing confession (AP)
2004

November 10 – VA police turn to Supreme Court to keep files sealed (AP)

October 27 – Appeals court turns state down (Richmond Times)

October 7 – Come Clean In The Washington Case (Roanoke Times)

October 2 – Appeal Panel Rules Most Documents Must Be Unsealed (AP)

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October 2 – A ‘Smashing Victory’ for Washington (Times - Dispatch)

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Malvo and Muhammad

2005

August 27 - Muhammed Lawyer: Force Feeding Not Needed (AP)

May 14 - Muhammad Won't Sign Papers for Move to MD (Washington Post)
May 11 – VA Will Send Snipers to Maryland (Washington Post)
April 22 - Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Sniper's Death Penalty (AP)

March 3 – Malvo Deal Fell Through, Lawyer Says (Washington Post)

2004

October 27 – Malvo Gets Two More Life Terms (Washington Post)

October 8 – "Forgotten precedent" (Free Lance-Star)

October 8 – Murderer’s Fate Hinges on Finding of Retardation (Times - Dispatch)

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October 7 – States Set For Sniper Trials (The Washington Times)

October 7 – Official Sees no Bar to Second Sniper Trial (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

October 6 – Muahammad’s Fairfax Case Officially Ends (Washington Post)

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October 6 - Sniper ruling no bar to trial (Free Lance-Star)

October 5 – Sniper Case Unsettles Usual Police Procedure (The Washington Post)

September 28 - Malvo Approves Plea Agreement (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Virginia Forensic Lab

Dec 30 - DNA Helps Cops Crack Open '87 Slaying (Roanoke Times)
Dec 27 - The DNA Solution (Free Lance-Star)

Nov 7 - DNA Matches Win Few Convictions In VA (USA Today)
Sept 12 - Rash of DNA Errors Argues for Tough Rules (Virginian-Pilot)
Aug 21 - Mistakes by State DNA Firm Alleged (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Aug 21 - Paternity Suit Raises Doubts About DNA Tests (Washington Post)
Aug 15 - Soft-Pedal Reform at the State Crime Lab (Virginian-Pilot)

Aug 09 - Governor Appoints Panel to Oversee VA's Crime Lab (Virginian-Pilot)

June 25 - Virginia DNA Review Will Continue Long-Distance (Washington Post)
June 23 - Virginia Panel Finishes DNA Review (Washington Post)
June 23 - Rights Group Seek Retesting of DNA in Death Penalty Cases (AP)
June 21 - Critical Audit Prompts VA to Review DNA Evidence (Washington Post)
June 20 - DNA Lab Probe Makes Fresh Start (Virginian Pilot)
May 21 – Forensic Scientists Picked for Lab Audit (Daily Press)

May 19 – Changes Set at Forensic Lab (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

May 19 – Freedom needed in crime lab probe (Virginian-Pilot)

May 16 - Justice Under the Microscope (NY Times)
May 11 – Fallible Crime Lab (Roanoke Times)
May 11 – Real - World CSI (Daily Press)
May 11 – A Reform Agenda for State Crime Lab (Virginian Pilot)
May 10 – Some VA Death Cases May Be Reviewed (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
May 10 – Alarming Indifference from Crime Lab Boss (Virginian Pilot)
May 9 – Governor Warner Releases Audit of DNA Testing in Rape and Murder of
Rebecca Williams (Official Governor Site)

May 8 - DNA Review in VA to Include Executions (Washington Post)
May 8 - Forensics Under the Microscope (Chicago Tribune)
May 7 - Lab's Errors Force Review of 150 DNA Cases (NY Times)
January 25 – State Lab Reforms Demand Priority Status (Virginian-Pilot)

October 10 – Justice Shortchanged (Daily Press)

October 10 – Report: Drug Evidence Piling Up At State Forensic Labs (AP)

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October 5 – Crime Lab Backlog Delays Drug Cases (Virginian Pilot)

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October 4 – A Virginia Step Toward Freeing the Innocent (Roanoke Times)

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September 22 – Va. Gets U.S. Funds For DNA Backlog (Washington Post)

September 28 - VIRGINIA'S CRIME LAB NEEDS SCIENTIFIC OVERSIGHT (Roanoke Times)

September 26 – DNA LAB OVERSIGHT REQUIRES SCIENTISTS (Virginian-Pilot)

September 8 – Truth And Justice Lie In Testing Old DNA (Roanoke Times)

September 4 – Warner Weighs Plan to Test Crime DNA (Virginian-Pilot)

September 4 – Evidence May Get Second Look (Times-Dispatch)

National Exonerees

Utah - Gary Gauger (Daily Herald)
Arizona - Ray Krone - (Phoenix New Times)
Pennsylvania - Nick Yarris

For more information on all 121 exonerees click here.

World DP News

December 1 - I Forgive Them, Says Mother As Racist Killers Face Life
April 22 - If Michael Bruce Ross is Executed by Lethal Injection, Will This Really Be More Humane than Gas or Electrocution? (New Criminologist)
Mar 3 - Muslim Thinker Fights Death Penalty (BBC)

Death Penalty Issues in the VA 2005 Election

Nov 9 - Mr. Kaine's Victory (Washington Post)
Nov 9 - Virginians Steer a Pragmatic Course (Virginian-Pilot)
Nov 9 - McDonnell, Deeds in Virtual Tie (Washington Post)
Nov 9 - Democrat Tim Kaine Elected Governor (Times-Dispatch)
Nov 9 - Tim Kaine to be New Governor of Virginia (Bristol Herald-Courier)

Nov 9 - Democrat Kaine Wins in Virginia (Washington Post)

Nov 9 - Democrat Wins Race for Governor in Virginia (New York Times)

Nov 6- In Close Race, Kaine, Kilgore, Focus on Identity Rather Than Issues (Washington Post)

Nov 5 - At Week's End (Daily Press)
Oct 21 - Why Many Eyes Are On Virginia Race (Washington Post)

Oct 21 - Do We Love the Death Penalty Too Much? (Miami Herald)
Oct 15 -

Rabbi: Kilgore ad's Hitler reference trivializes holocaust (Daily Progress)
Oct 9 - Va. Governor Candidates Clash in TV Debate
Sept 17 - Debates Set Pattern Of Sameness (Daily Progress)
Sept 16 - Debate Triangle Puts Kaine On Two Stages (Leesburg Today)
Sept 15 - Election Issues Part 2 -- The Death Penalty (Arlington Catholic Herald)
Sept 14 - Candidates For Governor Trade Barbs in Second Debate (Virginian-Pilot)

Sept 14 - Virginia Politics with Larry Sabato (Washinton Post)
Sept 14 - (VIDEO) Kaine on Faith and the Death Penalty (Washington Post)
Sept 11 - Poll Shows Kilgore Ahead of Kaine in Election (Washington Post)
Sept 06 - Running Hard on Labor Day (News-Virginian)
September 4 - 3 Men, 3 Avenues to VA Governorship (Washington Post)

Aug 29 -