Gov. Halts Death Penalty In Virginia
Governor Kaine, in his infinite unwisdom, has halted all execution of the death penalty in Virginia, starting with that of a Jamaican national who murdered a Winchester police officer in 1999. Funny thing is, he told the voters when he was running for Governor that he would support the death penalty.
If this violation of his campaign pledges weren’t so maddeningly commonplace, the Governor’s actions would probably qualify as news.
Attorney General Bob McDonnell had this to say in response:
“I respectfully disagree with the Governor’s decision to impose a blanket moratorium on all executions in Virginia. This moratorium will pre-empt the United States Supreme Court’s ability to decide whether other Virginia capital murderers present sufficient legal grounds to stay an execution. Additionally, other death-row inmates affected by the Governor’s actions have yet to select a method of execution as Virginia law provides, and only lethal injection cases are at issue in the Baze case. Finally, without knowing the date on which the United States Supreme Court will rule in Baze, a moratorium may unnecessarily delay justice in other Virginia cases.”
I’d say we’re going to trade up tremendously when McDonnell is elected Governor, but it’s unfortunate we’ll have to wait so long for that to happen.
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