July 6
VIRGINIAexecution
William Morva executed by injection for murders in Southwest Virginia
William C. Morva was executed by injection Thursday night for the capital
murders of an unarmed security guard and a deputy sheriff during an escape in
Montgomery County in 2006.
Morva,
July 6
VIRGINIA:
Va. governor declines to halt execution of killer whose mental illness spurred
clemency bid
William C. Morva is scheduled to be executed Thursday night in Virginia, after
supporters failed to convince Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) that Morva’s mental
illness merited
June 13
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Urgent Action
DELUSIONAL DISORDER DIAGNOSED, EXECUTION SET
William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national, is due to be executed in
Virginia on 6 July. A psychiatrist has diagnosed him with delusional disorder,
and concluded that this
April 20
VIRGINIA:
Governor commutes death sentence of Virginia inmate Ivan Teleguz
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe called a 3:30 p.m. press conference to make a
public statement “regarding his review of Ivan Teleguz’s petitions for a pardon
and for commutation of his death
Oct. 1
VIRGINIAexecution
Prieto executed after rush of late appeals
Alfredo Prieto, convicted of 2 1988 Fairfax County murders after a DNA hit
found him on California's death row, was executed by injection Thursday night
at Greensville Correctional Center.
Prieto was pronounced
Aug. 16
VIRGINIA:
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS VACATES CONVICTION AND DEATH SENTENCE OF JUSTIN WOLFE
Virginia Inmate Vindicated After Finding of Prosecutorial Misconduct
On August 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower
court ruling that vacated Justin Wolfe's
Feb. 16
VIRGINIAimpending execution
State set to execute Bell in 3 days
Edward Nathaniel Bell on Thursday is scheduled to become the 103rd person
executed in Virginia since the reinstitution of the death penalty in 1976.
Sentenced to die in 2001 for the Oct. 29, 1999, fatal shooting
July 24
VIRGINIAexecution
Emmett executed for 2001 murder
Christopher Scott Emmett was put to death tonight for the 2001 beating
death of a co-worker in Danville.
Emmett, who this afternoon dropped his appeals over the legality of lethal
injections for executions, was pronounced dead
May 27
VIRGINIA:
Kaine won't halt killer's execution
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine says he will not intervene to halt tonight's
scheduled execution of Kevin Green, who is scheduled to die at 9 p.m. for
the 1998 capital murder of Patricia L. Vaughan in Brunswick County.
The trial, verdict and
May 27
VIRGINIAexecution
Virginia executes killer
A man whose lawyers claimed he was mentally disabled was executed Tuesday
night for killing a convenience store owner in the 1st execution in
Virginia in nearly 2 years.
Kevin Green, 31, was pronounced dead at 10:05 at Greensville
May 24
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Virginia set to execute killer Tuesday
A man scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a Brunswick County
convenience-store owner would be the 1st person put to death in Virginia
since Gov. Timothy M. Kaine lifted a brief moratorium on executions
May 20
VIRGINIA:
Death row prisoner appeals to top court
Attorneys for a man scheduled to be executed next week for killing a
Brunswick County convenience store owner during a 1998 robbery asked the
U.S. Supreme Court yesterday to review the case.
Attorneys for Kevin Green, 31, say the
April 3
VIRGINIA:
A necessary halt in state executions
GOV. TIM KAINE'S decision to stop executions until the U.S. Supreme Court
rules on the constitutionality of lethal injection was a prudent move, not
a political one.
The court has not allowed any inmate to be executed since
Oct. 18
VIRGINIA:
Supreme Court Halts Va. Inmate's ExecutionRuling Could Lead To
National Hiatus In Lethal Injections
The Supreme Court stopped the execution of Virginia death row inmate
Christopher Scott Emmett yesterday, a move that legal experts said might
signal a nationwide halt
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May 3, 2007
Christopher Scott Emmett Scheduled for Execution at 9:00 pm on June 13,
2007
Action Requested: Contact
Dear Friends,
There is a poll in today's Sautnton News Leader Newspaper's online edition
asking for opinions on Governor Tim Kanie's vetoes of the death penalty
bills. If you have a minute it would be good to help us sutain the vetoes of
the General Assembly's attempt to expand the death
Feb. 11
VIRGINIA:
Federal Judge Grants Powell Stay of Execution In '99 Manassas Killing
Paul Warner Powell, whose boastful letter detailing how he killed a
Manassas teenager led to his 2nd capital murder conviction, will not be
executed in 4 days.
A federal judge has granted a stay of
Dec. 4
VIRGINIAstay of execution
Va. Death Row Inmate's Execution Delayed
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday postponed the execution of a man convicted
of killing 3 neighbors to allow more time to review claims the condemned
inmate is mentally retarded and insane.
Percy Walton, 28,
July 20
VIRGINIAexecution
Va. killer electrocuted for rape, slaying of young mother
A man who raped and murdered a young mother was electrocuted Thursday,
becoming the 1st person in the United States to die in the electric chair
in more than 2 years.
Brandon Hedrick, 27, was
June 25
VIRGINIA:
Prisoners on death row
Of the 22 inmates on Virginia's death row, 4 received their death
sentences in Prince William County.
Virginia's death row is located at Sussex I State Prison in Waverly.
Larry Bill Elliott, 56, of Hanover, Md. Elliott was convicted of the
June 7
VIRGINIAimpending execution (temporarily) stayed)
Court stays execution for inmate who claims he's insane
A federal judge granted a temporary stay of execution Wednesday for a
triple killer set to die Thursday.
The court granted the delay based on Percy Walton's challenge
June 8
VIRGINIAstay of execution liftedimpending execution
Inmate's Execution Still Set for TonightStay Voided for Man Experts
Say Is Retarded
Virginia death-row inmate Percy Levar Walton has said he knows exactly
what will happen if the state executes him tonight for killing
April 20
VIRGINIAnew execution date
Execution date set for man who killed 3 neighbors
An execution date has been set a man convicted of killing 3 neighbors in
Danville in 1996.
Danville Circuit Court today scheduled Percy Walton's execution for June
8th.
The 27-year-old was
March 30
VIRGINIA:
Lawyer, Death Row Chaplain Calls Death Penalty 'Disaster'
The American death penalty is a disaster.
Florida lawyer and death row lay chaplain Dale S. Recinella asserted this
thesis in his keynote speech Saturday at the symposium Catholic Teaching
and the Realities of
Jan. 8
VIRGINIA:
VERDICT MAY BRING CHANGES
Gov. Mark Warner took a risky step Thursday when he gave the green light
to retest DNA evidence from a crime committed almost 25 years ago.
Failure to order the retesting, however, would have been even more risky,
especially for those who may
Nov. 17
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
17 November 2005 (originally issued 4 Nov)
UA 285/05 Death Penalty USA (Virginia): Robin Lovitt (m)
Robin Lovitt is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 30 November. He
was sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of Clayton Dicks the
previous
Oct. 20
VIRGINIA:
Catholic belief: Execution wrong -- Catholic officials say the church
opposes capital punishment
The emergence of the death penalty as a central issue in the Virginia
governor's race raises the question of how the Catholic faith of candidate
Tim Kaine might affect his
August 25
VIRGINIA:
Atkins' lawyers to file appealThe case, already unprecedented in
Virginia, may hold lessons for the legal profession in future trials.
Defense attorneys who failed to convince a jury that death row defendant
Daryl Atkins was mentally retarded are planning to
July 8
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Convicted scissor killer faces execution
Barring intervention from the Supreme Court or Gov. Mark R. Warner, a man
convicted of fatally stabbing the night manager of a pool hall with a pair
of scissors will be executed Monday.
Robin Lovitt's
July 11
VIRGINIAstay of impending execution
Execution stayed for Virginia death row inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution Monday for
a man convicted of fatally stabbing the manager of a pool hall with a pair
of scissors.
Robin Lovitt, 41, had been
July 23
VIRGINIA:
A Question of Culpability
At 18, Daryl Atkins had racked up a childhood of failures. He flunked out
of second grade, barely made it through 4th, and took home a heavy load of
D's and F's on his report cards. By high school, a teacher decided to put
the books aside to
Dec. 16
VIRGINIA:
N.Va. Gang Members IndictedRacketeering Charges Filed Against Suspects
2 members of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha were indicted
yesterday by a federal grand jury on racketeering charges that included
the slaying of a Herndon teenager, drawing federal
FEBRUARY 6, 2005:
VIRGINIA:
Inmate's Rising I.Q. Score Could Mean His Death
3 years ago, in the case of a Virginia man named Daryl R. Atkins, the
United States Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute
the mentally retarded. But Mr. Atkins's recent test scores could
Feb. 16
VIRGINIA:
Jurors set to debate man's fateConvicted of stalking, Simmons faces
death penalty in slaying of JMU students
A federal jury is to deliberate today whether to impose the death penalty
or sentence to life in prison a stalker convicted of killing his
ex-girlfriend and
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