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Virginia Expansion Legislation

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"Va. House votes to expand death penalty," is the AP report in Virginia's Daily Press, written by Dena Potter.The nation's second-busiest death chamber could see even more action if bills that have passed the House of Delegates and Senate become law. The House on Tuesday passed bills to expand capital punishment to include those who assist in a murder but don't do the actual killing and those who kill a fire marshal or auxiliary police officer who is on duty. The Senate passed similar bills last month, but one didn't get the two-thirds majority that would be needed to overturn a likely veto. For the past two years, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has vetoed bills to expand Virginia's "triggerman rule," which reserves capital punishment for the person who actually does the killing...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).

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