Sept. 12
VIRGINIA:
Suspect in 1975 slayings of sisters expected to plead guilty
A man charged with killing 2 young sisters from Maryland is expected to plead
guilty Tuesday, more than 4 decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a
local shopping mall.
Lloyd Lee Welch Jr.,
April 12
VIRGINIA:
Virginia wants to hide the names of lethal injection drug suppliers. Here's how
that is going in other states.
Virginia may soon become the latest state to shield the identities of companies
that supply drugs for lethal injections, a move Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D)
Dec. 9
VIRGINIA:
Ricky Gray requests new review of death penalty case
Ricky Gray has petitioned to have his death penalty case reviewed by all 15
federal appeals court judges in Richmond.
The "en banc" hearing is the last resort before petitioning the US Supreme
Court. The request
Sept. 28
VIRGINIAimpending execution//foreign national
Virginia Plans For Thursday Execution
The Commonwealth is scheduled to execute a man this week at its prison near
Jarratt. 49-year-old Alfredo Rolando Prieto is slated to die at 9 p.m. Thursday
at the Greensville Correctional
Mar. 1
VIRGINIA:
Life or death in Virginia
With a decisive 56-42 vote on Tuesday, the Virginia House of Delegates defeated
a bill that would have shielded manufacturers of lethal injection drugs from
public view.
Senate Minority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, who sponsored the
