(AP) Virginia moved another step closer to ending capital punishment when the state House joined the Senate Feb. 5 in voting to abolish the death penalty. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam supports the legislation, which would make Virginia the 23rd state ...
Tagged with: death penalty Del. Marcus Simon Gov. Ralph Northam
Read More »FAIRFAX (AP) Defense lawyers for a man facing a possible death penalty in the slaying of a Muslim teenager last year say their client likely suffers intellectual disabilities. The court filing from lawyers for 23-year-old Darwin Martinez-Torres of Sterling seeks ...
Tagged with: capital punishment death penalty intellectual disability murder
Read More »
Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly
