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Appeals court rules 2011 Fairfax County death sentence flawed
By Frank Green November 27, 2018 A jury that sentenced a Virginia man to death in 2011 should have been allowed to hear expert testimony that he was a low risk to commit violence in prison, a unanimous panel of the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. … Read More >>
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Va. jury deadlocks on death sentence for man who killed wife and police officer
By Ian Shapira October 25, 2018 A Virginia jury could not agree on whether ...
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Inside Scoop
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It’s cruel but not unusual for Virginia to execute the seriously mentally ill
By Paul O’Shea June 15, 2018 The last person executed in Virginia was...
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Stop Executing the Severely Mentally Ill
By Dale M. Brumfield While Governor Terry McAuliffe’s commutation of the ...
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Death Penalty for Mentally Ill Defendants?
By Damien Cabezas & Rhonda Thissen In recent years, policymakers have ...
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