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Document details hefty payments from Dominion Energy to media influencers and lobbyists

A document in the ongoing review of Dominion Energy s finances reveals hefty dollar amounts from the electric monopoly to media influencers and lobbyists. ....

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Virginia Bans LGBTQ+ 'Panic' Defense for Murder, Manslaughter

Virginia Bans LGBTQ+ Panic Defense for Murder, Manslaughter
April 01 2021 8:29 PM EDT
Virginia has become the 12th U.S. state with a law against the LGBTQ+ “panic” defense in criminal trials.
Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill into law Wednesday banning the use of the defense in trials for murder or voluntary manslaughter, the Bloomberg Law news service reports. Such defenses have been used in court for years, although more rarely recently, in efforts to justify crimes against LGBTQ+ people, the argument being that the revelation of a victim’s identity or a sexual advance from the victim drove the defendant to violence. ....

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