March 2 States reconsider death penalty laws (Newsday)
March 2 Joining the rest of civilization (Salon)
March 2 Supreme Court, 5-4, Forbids Execution in Juvenile Crime (NY Times)
March 2 5-4 Supreme Court Abolishes Juvenile Executions (Washington Post)
March 2 High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths (AP)
March 2 Ruling reflects U.S. unease on capital punishment issue (Baltimore Sun)
March 1 Rough Justice (Slate)
March 1 Death Row by the Numbers (Slate)
February 4 Behind Bush's Bid to Save the Innocent (Washington Post)
February 5 Legal Counsel for Capital Cases (New York Times)
February 1 Connecticut execution puts the spotlight on 'death row syndrome' (CNN)
January 26 Mexican government files brief in U.S. death penalty case (AP)
January 26 The Wrong Attorney General (NYT)
January 4 Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young Killers (New York Times)
January 2 The Year in Death (Washington Post)
January 2 A Legal Quest Against the Death Penalty (New York Times)
December 15 Less Support for Death Sentence Cited for Decline in Executions (Washington Post)
December 11 Mexicans on Death Row Win Review (Washington Post)
December 7 Codey Supports Death Penalty Moratorium (Star-Ledger)
October 24 -- The Wrong Man: Bloodsworth (Washington Post)
October 21 Global legal trends make waves at high court (Christian Science Monitor)
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March 2 Juvenile Petersburg Kkiller Spared Death After Ruling (Richmond Times)
March 2 Ruling affects 1 Virginia death-row inmate (Virginian-Pilot)
February 6 Inmate's Rising I.Q. Score Could Mean His Death (New York Times)
February 4 Mans Life Hinges on Key Question (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
February 3 Court denies death row inmate's request to hearing over mental retardation (AP)
February 1
Attorneys await news on death ruling
(Daily
Press)
February 1
Attorneys Dont Want Jury to Know of Conviction (AP)
February 1
Starr pleads case of Virginia man convicted in scissor killing
(AP)
December 28
Federal Judge Stays Jan. 7 Execution of Va. Inmate (Washington
Post)
December 7 Court Sets Bells Execution for Jan. 7, 2005 (The Winchester Star)
December 6 Death-Penalty Case Arguments Heard (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
November 6 Court upholds death penalty (News and Advance)
September 10 Requests Denied Killer Is Executed (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
September 9 A vigil for peace JMU students to protest death penalty (Augusta Free Press)
September 8 Sister pleads for stay of execution (Daily Progress)
August 31 Virginia 'justice' gives truth too low a priority (Roanoke Times)
Opinion Editorial -- Jack Payden-Travers
March 3 Paying With Life For Sparing Their Death (Virginian Pilot)
March 2 Virginians Hail, Decry Court Ruling (Richmond Times)
March 2 Virginia Executed 3 in Such Cases (Roanoke Times)
March 2 Executed Greene youth remembered after ruling (Daily Progress)
February 15 Death Penalty for Gang Slaying Bill Likely Dormant for Year (AP)
February 15 Adequate Defense Doesnt Come for Free (Virginian Pilot)
February 9 Hard to Believe Justice is Colorblind (Washington Post)
February 7 Hey, Executioner, Leave Those Kids Alone (Cavalier Daily)
February 1 Bill Banning Death Penalty for Juveniles Gets Tabled (Virginian Pilot)
January 31 Committee Votes to Expand Death Penalty (AP)
January 30 Death penalty may be campaign issue (Free Lance Star)
January 28 Some want to restrict, others expand the death penalty (Times Papers)
January 27 Panel Set to Study Death Penalty Bill (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
January 27 Bill banning juvenile death penalty dead for this session (AP)
January 26 Ban on juvenile death penalty sent to commission for study (AP)
January 25 Impulsivity poor excuse (Daily Progress)
January 25 Senate Panel Defeats Death Penalty Moratorium (AP)
January 25 - Death penalty: Senate committee rejects moratorium (Virginian-Pilot)
January 24 Unlike Conn., Virginia has few qualms about capital punishment (New Haven Register)
January 24 Cut Off the Political Ring (Augusta Free Press)
January 24 - Execution of juveniles? (Daily Progress)
January 24 Murders of Norfolk Family Challenge a Death Penalty Foe (The Virginian-Pilot)
January 18 Activists seek end to juvenile death penalty in Virginia (AP)
January 18 Bill would halt execution of juveniles (Roanoke Times)
January 3 Kilgore's Politics of Killing (Roanoke Times)
January 3 End the Death Penalty for Juveniles (Roanoke Times)
January 2 The ACLU, Death Penalty, and Gubernatorial Spin (The Virginian-Pilot)
December 30 Killers Undeterred (Washington Post)
December 27 Legislature to Consider Ending Juvenile Death Penalty (Daily Press)
December 27 Death Penalty A Key Strategy For Kilgore (Washington Post)
December 27 - The New and Improved Death Penalty (The Virginian-Pilot)
December 26
Hateful and Wrong (Staunton News Leader)
December 25
Executive Director of VADP (Richmond
Times)
December 24 Death Penalty Politics (Washington Post)
December 22 Playing Politics with Life and Death (Roanoke Times)
December 21 In VA Bills, Death Penalty Would Cover Accomplices (Washington Post)
December 21 Kilgore Plan 'Enhances' Capital Cases (Roanoke Times)
December 13 Mr. Kilgores False Start (Washington Post)
December 05 A Racial Past in VA Death-Penalty Cases (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
December 05 False Story Led to 1931 Rape Acquittal (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
December 05 'Martinsville Seven' Case Drew Worldwide Attention (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
December 05 The Execution Files (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
November 8 Matter of life, not death (Times-Dispatch)
October 13 Supreme Court Hears Juvenile Death Penalty Appeal Today (Daily News-Record)
October 7 - Malvo Case Exposes States Death-Penalty Split (Virginian Pilot)
January 31 Senate panel backs expansion of innocence claims (AP)
August 30 Justice At Last (Daily Press)
August 29 Precious Memories Arent Necessarily So (Virginian-Pilot)
August 25 A Virginia Exoneration (Washington Post)
August 25 Saved records and DNA tests clear third prisoner (Times-Dispatch)
August 25 For
Whitfield, justice is 22 years late 
(Virginian-Pilot)
August 25 Wrongful
imprisonment takes away years and family (Virginian-Pilot)
August 24
DNA exonerates Norfolk man (Virginian-Pilot)
August 20, 2004
VA Parolee, Family See Vindication (Washington Post)
February 27 Coleman case still unsettled in many minds (Roanoke Times)
December 29 Dithering on DNA (Washington Post)
August 13, 2004 Why wont Warner approve DNA testing in Coleman case? (Virginian-Pilot)
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June 20 -- Warner Decision Awaited on DNA Testing (AP)
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June 11 - Retesting DNA Can Put an End to Dispute (News and Advance)
March 7 – Test
Time, Mr. Warner
March 3 –
Refusal to do DNA Test Gives Critics Fuel (News
Leader Editorial)
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March 3 – Panel’s
Early Findings Take Aim at 21 – Day Rule (Times-Dispatch)
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November 10 VA police turn to Supreme Court to keep files sealed (AP)
October 27 Appeals court turns state down (Richmond Times)
October 7 Come Clean In The Washington Case (Roanoke Times)
October 2 Appeal Panel Rules Most Documents Must Be Unsealed (AP)
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October 2 A Smashing Victory for Washington (Times - Dispatch)
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March 3 Malvo Deal Fell Through, Lawyer Says (Washington Post)
October 27 Malvo Gets Two More Life Terms (Washington Post)
October 8 "Forgotten precedent" (Free Lance-Star)
October 8 Murderers Fate Hinges on Finding of Retardation (Times - Dispatch)
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October 7 States Set For Sniper Trials (The Washington Times)
October 7 Official Sees no Bar to Second Sniper Trial (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
October 6 Muahammads Fairfax Case Officially Ends (Washington Post)
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October 6 - Sniper ruling no bar to trial (Free Lance-Star)
October 5 Sniper Case Unsettles Usual Police Procedure (The Washington Post)
September 28 - Malvo Approves Plea Agreement (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
January 25 State Lab Reforms Demand Priority Status (Virginian-Pilot)
October 10 Justice Shortchanged (Daily Press)
October 10 Report: Drug Evidence Piling Up At State Forensic Labs (AP)
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October 5 Crime Lab Backlog Delays Drug Cases (Virginian Pilot)
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October 4 A Virginia Step Toward Freeing the Innocent (Roanoke Times)
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September 22 Va. Gets U.S. Funds For DNA Backlog (Washington Post)
September 28 - VIRGINIA'S CRIME LAB NEEDS SCIENTIFIC OVERSIGHT (Roanoke Times)
September 26 DNA LAB OVERSIGHT REQUIRES SCIENTISTS (Virginian-Pilot)
September 8 Truth And Justice Lie In Testing Old DNA (Roanoke Times)
September 4 Warner Weighs Plan to Test Crime DNA (Virginian-Pilot)
September 4 Evidence May Get Second Look (Times-Dispatch)
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