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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has imposed a moratorium on federal executions due to a Justice Department review of the death penalty In the statement, Garland said: “The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States, but is also treated fairly and humanely. That obligation has special force in capital cases.” Former Attorney General William Barr green-lit the use of capital punishment last year after a 17-year hiatus, resulting in 13 executions during th...
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has signed legislation outlawing capital punishment and the death penalty making it the first southern state to do so. Virginia’s state House voted 57-41 in favor of the bill and the Senate then voted 22-16 in February. Virginia has executed more than 1,300 people since 1608. “If we can do it, surely other states can make this happen,” said the Rev. LaKeisha Cook, who works as a criminal justice reform organizer of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. “Because truth be told, people probably never even expected Virginia to be able to abolish the deat...
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Virginia’s state legislature approved a bill Monday that will abolish the death penalty in the state if approved by the governor, which would make it the first state in the American South to abolish the death penalty. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has indicated that he will sign the legislation, calling the death penalty “inequitable, ineffective and inhumane” in a statement soon after the bill’s passing in Congress. “Over Virginia’s long history, this commonwealth has executed more people than any other state. And, like many other states, Virginia has come too close to executing an innocent...
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