Capital Case News

Life Pleas Negotiated in Frederick, Norfolk Cases
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Senate Committee Rejects Death Penalty Expansion
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Virginia Supreme Court: Judge May Not Dismiss Mental Retardation Claim by Mentally Incompetent Death Row Inmate Because He Was Too Psychotic to Take IQ Test
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Richmond Times-Dispatch notes 20-month lull in death sentencing, sees trend against death penalty in Virginia
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Capital murder charge struck in Pittsylvania
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Judge Imposes Life Sentence in Virginia Beach Double Murder
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Sentencing Form Defects Lead to Fairfax Death Sentence Reversal
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Va. Supreme Court’s Morva decision bars expert risk assessment as rebuttal to “dangerousness” claims
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Death penalty avoided in “Woodbridge Massacre” case
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Negotiated settlement ends capital prosecution in Spotsylvania deliveryman abduction-murder
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