Death Penalty Expansion Heading to Kaine
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Updated: 1:53 PM Feb 25, 2009
Death Penalty Expansion Heading to Kaine
RICHMOND, Va. (AP)
A bill to expand the death penalty to those who assist in a murder but don't do the actual killing is on its way to Gov. Timothy Kaine.
Posted: 3:20 PM Feb 24, 2009
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A bill to expand the death penalty to those who assist in a murder but don't do the actual killing is on its way to Gov. Timothy Kaine.

For the past two years, Kaine has vetoed bills to expand Virginia's "triggerman rule," which reserves capital punishment for the person who actually does the killing. The bill would allow the death penalty for any accomplice who shares the triggerman's intent to kill.

Without debate, the Democrat-controlled Senate voted 24-13 to pass the bill. That's three votes shy of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override a veto.

The bill cleared the House 73-25 earlier this month.
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