Half of Virginia’s death row inmates will have their cases argued before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this month, but that should not tax the Richmond-based court — ...

Virginia abolished the death penalty in 2021. It’s one of 23 states, along with D.C., that prohibit state-sanctioned killings. Biden previously supported the death penalty.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent ... put to death is also markedly different across the country. Texas has put 573 people to death since 1976, according to the ...