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
