| Rich. Times Dispatch Editorial - Executions: Not Plain |
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By Staff Reports
Although the practical exigencies of the state budget will consume a great deal of legislators' attention during the General Assembly session that begins next Wednesday, lawmakers will still find time to burnish their ideological credentials by filing bills on divisive social issues. This year may prove an opportune one for those hoping to extend the reach of capital punishment. The efforts will swim upstream against public sentiment. Virginia juries have not handed down a capital sentence since March of 2008 -- a consequence, no doubt at least in part, of being able to impose meaningful life without parole. |
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