As state faces drug shortage,Clinton ally Terry McAuliffe has until midnight to decide whether chair should again be compulsory method of execution – while first inmate who could face it, Ivan Teleguz, and has strong claim to innoncenceThe governor of Virginia,Terry McAuliffe, has until midnight on Sunday to decide whether to bring back the electric chair as a compulsory method of execution.
Should the Democratic governor sign the bill currently sitting on his desk, and the Virginia department of corrections would be empowered to abolish condemned prisoners using a contraption known macabrely in the state as obsolete Sparky”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com