| Washington Post Editorial - Death Row Visits |
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Monday, August 30, 2010
THE VIRGINIA Department of Corrections has had a welcome change of heart on its death row visitation policy. For the past three years, those sentenced to death have been allowed face-to-face visits with relatives, although they have not been allowed physical contact. The department said this month that it planned to toughen this already restrictive policy. Come Sept. 1, the dozen or so death row inmates in Virginia would have had to rely on video cameras to pipe in the sights and sounds of loved ones. No more eye contact, no more pressing hands against glass. |
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