| Examiner - Va. lawmakers approve death penalty expansion |
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Mar 10, 2010 By DENA POTTER, AP RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia lawmakers approved bills Wednesday that will expand the death penalty, making more people eligible for capital punishment in a state that already is home to the nation's second-busiest death chamber. A bill allowing the death penalty for those who kill auxiliary police officers while they are on duty now heads to Gov. Bob McDonnell, who supports expanding the death penalty. Another bill to make those who kill on-duty fire marshals eligible for death heads back to the House for likely approval of a change the Senate made. Neither bill generated debate. |
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