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List of people executed in Virginia. Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent ...
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and the first southern state in United States history to do so. [1][2] The first execution in what would become the United States was ...
This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of people executed in Virginia. Categories: Deaths by execution in the United States by state. Prisoners sentenced to death by Virginia. Prisoners who died in Virginia detention. Capital punishment in Virginia.
Summary of scheduled executions. As of September 11, 2024, a total of 38 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in seven U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 12 pending motions to set an execution date across five states. [3]
Jerry Givens. Jerry Bronson Givens (December 3, 1952 – April 13, 2020) was the chief executioner of Virginia from 1982 until 1999, during which he executed 62 people, including two of the Briley Brothers. He spent most of his career in Virginia's correctional system, and was initially a supporter of capital punishment.
Murdered 20-year-old Navy Petty Officer Amanda Jean Snell in Virginia. 10 years, 109 days. Northern Neck Regional Jail. 16054-084. Avila-Torrez was later linked to the rapes and murders of eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and nine-year-old Krystal Tobias in his hometown of Zion, Illinois. Robert Gregory Bowers.
Virginia State Penitentiary was a prison in Richmond, Virginia. Towards the end of its life it was a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections. Early 1900s. First opening in 1800, the prison was completed in 1804; it was built due to a reform movement preceding its construction. [1] Thomas Jefferson initiated these reforms and submitted an ...
Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis (April 26, 1969 – September 23, 2010) was an American murderer who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her execution. [2] She was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murders of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Lewis sought to profit from a $250,000 life insurance policy her stepson ...