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Updated: 6:33 AM Apr 9, 2009
VA Senate Fails to Override Death Penalty Veto
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Efforts to expand the death penalty in Virginia have failed.
Posted: 7:18 PM Apr 8, 2009 |
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Efforts to expand the death penalty in Virginia have failed.
The Senate on Wednesday came up a few votes shy of the needed two-thirds majority to override Gov. Tim Kaine's vetoes.
The bills would have extended capital punishment to murder accomplices and to those who kill on-duty fire marshals and auxiliary police officers.
The proposals would have increased the number of people eligible for execution in the nation's second-busiest death chamber.
Virginia has executed more inmates than any other state except Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
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Posted by: Frank
Location: Harrisonburg
on Apr 8, 2009 at 08:54 PM
Yet another sad day for Virginians. Way to go Mr Kaine!!!!!
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