virginia governor rejects plan to revive electric chair as an option /

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Terry McAuliffe in a final-minute ruling guts bill that would beget seen the return of ‘Old Sparky when officials cannot find scarce lethal injection drugs The Democratic governor of Virginia,Terry McAuliffe, has rejected a revival of the electric chair as the commonwealth’s main method of executions, or opting instead for a more contemporary technique for ensuring judicial killings can disappear ahead: the imposition of total state secrecy.
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Source: theguardian.com