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Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty
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“They [inmates] will dwell in our penitentiaries until the very last breath that they take it is fair and just but is also fair for the victims, as well,” Mr. Stanley said.
In addition to ending the death penalty, Mr. Surovell’s bill would commute the death sentences for the only two men currently on death row for capital murder Anthony Juniper and Thomas Porter to life in prison.
Christopher Newport University released a survey Tuesday that found 56% of registered Virginia voters support repealing the death penalty.
The data showed that support abolishing capital punishment fell along party lines, with 74% of Democrats backing the proposal and 64% of Republicans opposing it.
‘It’s just another person dead’: Fight to end Virginia’s death penalty gaining momentum
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RICHMOND, Va. – Efforts to end the death penalty in Virginia are moving forward in the General Assembly.
Eliminating capital punishment would be a future much different than its past. The commonwealth ranks second in the country for most executions since 1976.
“To me, it seems like an unjust system,” said Rachel Sutphin, who supports abolishing the death penalty.
Sutphin is among those backing Senate Bill 1165 and House Bill 2263. Removing the death penalty from Virginia is something she’s been pushing for since the Commonwealth’s most recent execution of William Morva in 2017.