Capital Case News

Pre-2015 Virginia Death Row Conditions of Confinement Ruled Unconstitutional by the Eastern District of Virginia
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Governor Terry McAulliffe Commutes Death Sentence of William Joseph Burns
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Man pleads guilty to cold-case murder of Norfolk Botanical Garden worker
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Death penalty decline in Virginia linked to improved defense counsel.
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Virginia leads national trend in decline of death penalty
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Study: Prince William, Fairfax among counties that account for majority of U.S. Executions
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ABA’s Death Penalty Due Process Review Project releases report on the death penalty in Virginia
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Christopher Speight pleads guilty in connection with eight murders, receives life in prison
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Former Chief Executioner Now Opponent of Death Penalty
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Virginia executes Robert Gleason, ending over a year of no executions
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