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Virginia Death Penalty Cases



John Joseph 'Jose' Rogers

Aug 30, 2006
Springfield Man guilty in Death of Ex-girlfriend
Media General News Service
Darrick Walker
Aug 25, 2006
New Hearing Ordered for Death Row Inmate
Richmond Times-Dispatch




Ivan Teleguz

July 28, 2006
Teleguz Gets Death
Daily News-Record




Brandon Hedrick

July 20, 2006
Killer Slated To Die Tonight
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 17, 2006
An Arbitrary Death Penalty
Roanoke Times
July 16, 2006
Virginia Readies Electric Chair
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 15, 2006
Electrocution Looms For Killer of Virginia Woman
Associated Press
July 13, 2006
The Death Penalty Experiment Has Failed
Lynchburg News & Advance
July 12, 2006
Woman's Killer Chooses the Chair
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 13, 2006 Ambivalence on Execution Method Richmond Times-Dispatch







Michael Lenz




July 24, 2006
Inmate Follower of Nordic Pagan Religion To Be Executed
Associated Press
July 20, 2006
Prisoner May Die For Death Of Inmate
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 19, 2006
It's Time To Finally End Virginia's Death Penalty
News Virginian
July 19, 2006
Killer Facing Execution Pleads Case to Supreme Court
Associated Press
July 17, 2006
An Arbitrary Death Penalty
Roanoke Times
July 13, 2006
The Death Penalty Experiment Has Failed Lynchbug News & Advance




Daryl Atkins

June 9, 2006
Man's Va. Death Sentence Overturned
Washington Post







Earl Washington, Jr.

Aug 30, 2006
Unjust Silence for Wronged Man
Virginian-Pilot



Aug 26, 2006
A Prosecution in Virginia----After 2 decades and 1 giant miscarriage of justice, Virginia prosecutors start over Washington Post



April 27, 2006
Ex-Prosecutor Defends Handling of Case
Times-Dispatch
April 26, 2006
Officer Did Not Try to Mislead, Lawyer Says
Times-Dispatch



  John Allen Muhammed  
May 31, 2006
Muhammed Jury to Begin Sniper Deliberations
Associated Press
March 3, 2006 Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty For Sniper Associated Press




Percy Walton

June 10, 2006
Mental State Still At Issue In Va. Death Penalty Case
Washington Post
June 9, 2006
Kaine Delays Execution of Inmate for 6 Months
Washington Post
June 8, 2006
Inmate's Execution Still Set for Tonight
Washington Post
June 7, 2006
Court Stays Execution For Inmate
WVEC
June 6, 2006
Kaine Receives Clemency Petition
Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 5, 2006
Is This How We Treat The Mentally Ill In Virginia? Execute Them?
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
June 5, 2006
Mental Capacity of Inmate Debated
Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 5, 2006
Relatives Have Different Feelings About Execution Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 5, 2006
As Execution Nears, Mental State of Inmate Debated
Associated Press
May 25, 2006
Attorneys for Death Row Inmate File for Clemency
Associated
April 21, 2006
Judge Sets Execution Date for Percy Walton
WDBJ-7 News



  Zacharias Moussaoui  
April 26, 2006
Moussaoui Jury Continues Deliberations
Associated Press
April 25, 2006
Moussaoui Remains Defiant; Jury Starts Debate on Death Penalty
Chicago Tribune
April 20, 2006
Victims' Families Testify for Moussaoui
Associated Press
April 4, 2006
Jurors Permit Death Penalty for Moussaoui
New York Times
April 2, 2006
Transcending the Evil that Men Do
Boston Globe
March 31, 2006
At Sept. 11 Trial, Tale of Missteps and Management
New York Times
March 29, 2006
Defense Tries to Undo Damage Moussaoui Did
New York Times
March 16, 2006 Moussaoui's Fate May Hinge on Next Ruling Associated Press
March 15, 2006 Judge In Moussaoui Case Imposes Sanctions Associated Press
March 13, 2006 Judge Mulling Dismissal Of Moussaoui Death Penalty Reuters




Ruben Cantu
July 23, 2006
Candid Phone Calls Cast Doubt on Cantu Review
Houston Chronicle
April 3, 2006
Facing the Truth is Sometimes Too Hard to Bear
Miami Herald
March 14, 2006 Full Probe of Cantu's Innocence Hits Snags Houston Chronicle




 


The Death Penalty Nationwide

Aug 28, 2006 Son: Execution Duty Changed Father Rapid City Journal



August 2006
Finding Redemption - How Picking up the Phone Can Change a Lawyer's Life
ABA Journal



Aug 25, 2006
Effects of Race, Gender, and Locationon Prosecutorial Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in South Carolina
South Carolina Law Review



Aug 17, 2006 On the Trail of Former Death Row Inmates National Public Radio



Aug 16, 2006 Unequal Justice Winston-Salem Journal



July 24, 2006
Questions Should Halt Death Penalty
Express-News
July 23, 2006
Resolution of Major Legal Debates Speeds Flow Of Inmates to Texas Death Row
Houston Chronicle
July 16, 2006
The Stigma That Can Kill
Roanoke Times
July 15, 2006
Missouri Says It Can't Hire Doctor For Injections
New York Times
July 12, 2006
Supreme Court Panel to Review Wilcher Case
Clarion-Ledger
July 5, 2006
Justice Scalia Should Study These Death Penalty Cases
Washington Post
July 5, 2006
Not In The Name of Justice
Chicago Tribune
July 5, 2006
Another Chance With New Evidence
Washington Post
July 3, 2006
Top Anesthesiologist Urges Peers Not To Aid Executions
Los Angeles Times
June 29, 2006
Recent Cases Highlight Need To End Death Penalty
News-Leader
June 13, 2006
Justices Open Door for Injection Case
Washington Post
June 12, 2006
Excerpt from Death Penalty Rulings
Washington Post
June 6, 2006
Witnessing Guilt, Ignoring Ignorance?
New York Times
June 5, 2006
Relatives Have Different Feelings About Execution
Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 30, 2006
Should Supreme Court Cite International Law?
Charlotte Observer
May 28, 2006
Death Penalty Drug Cocktail Rooted in Texas
Austin American-Statesman
April 26, 2006
As Challenges to Lethal Injection Mount, Justices Set to Hear Case
Washington Post
April 26, 2006
Lethal Cruelty
New York Times
April 26, 2006
Alito Ready to Break Tie in Death Penalty Case
Houston Chronicle
April 17, 2006
Former Illinois Governor Convicted of Corruption
Chicago Tribune
April 1, 2006
After Close Ruling, Is Court Edging Away from Death Penalty?
Associated Press
March 29, 2006
Ryan Jury Starts Over With Two New Members
Chicago Tribune
March 28, 2006
Bad Interaction: Doctors and Executions
News & Observer
March 18, 2006 Death Penalty Faces Stronger Opposition News-Record
March 17, 2006 15 Arrested On St. Patrick's Eve at Execution Protest North Carolina Independent Media Center 
March 10, 2006  Opera Company Stages Debate About Capital Punishment  Baltimore Messenger 
March 10, 2006 Renewed Patriot Act could limit federal appeals for death row inmates American-Statesman
March 8, 2006 ACLU: Lethal Injection Violates First Amendment Associated Press



 


The Death Penalty Around the World




April 2, 2006
Cult Leader Should Not Be Executed, Daughters Say
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2006 Awaiting Death's Footsteps Los Angeles Times

 


The Death Penalty in Virginia

Aug 24, 2006
Odds Poor Gray Avoids Execution
Richmond Times-Dispatch



Aug 24, 2006
Gray's Jury: 'We Looked at the Kids'
Richmond Times-Dispatch



Aug 26, 2006 A Prosecution in Virginia----After 2 decades and 1 giant miscarriage of justice, Virginia prosecutors start over Washington Post



Aug 8, 2006 Two Recent Executions Show Why We Should Kill the Death Penalty Free Lance-Star



July 26, 2006
Kaine Opposes Further Use of Electric Chair
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 5, 2006
The Death Penalty's Southern Accent
Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 11, 2006
Mr. Kaine and the Death Penalty
Washington Post
June 6, 2006
Autopsy: Student Found Dead In Car Shot In Head
Associated Press
April 30, 2006
Sighs and Wonders
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
April 29, 2006
The Decision
Richmond Times-Dispatch
April 28, 2006
Kaine Allows Execution Despite His Beliefs
Washington Post
April 28, 2006
Vinson Executed for '97 Killing
Richmond Times-Dispatch
April 26, 2006
Inmate's Attorneys Seek Stay
Richmond Times-Dispatch
March 26, 2006
Execution by Injection Faces Scrutiny
Richmond Times-Dispatch
March 25, 2006
New Trial Sought for Man on Death Row
Daily Press
March 24, 2006
New Sentencing Ordered for Drug Kingpin
Associated Press
March 19, 2006 Screening Out The Sunshine Washington Post
March 7, 2006  Judge Puts Upcoming Executions On Hold  Terre Haute Tribune Star 
 

Questions of Innocence




Tyrone Noling





Aug 21, 2006

Where Is Justice With Innocent on Death Row? Miami Herald








Carlos De Luna

July 1, 2006


Did This Man Die For This Man's Crime?
Chicago Tribune



Ruben Cantu

April 4, 2006


Facing the Truth is Sometimes Too Hard to Bear New York Times




Death Row Exonerees

March 28, 2006
Freed By DNA Test, Man Cautiously Returns to Society
New York Times
  Kirk Bloodsworth  
March 3, 2006 Tale of an Innocent Man on Death Row The Tidings
     
     



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