Virginia


State update

Link to Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP)

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution Statute

Date death penalty reenacted

October 1, 1975

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

No

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Waverly

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

9:00 pm

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

1

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

Earl Washington, 2000



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Electrocution

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 105


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