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Apr 10, 2020 · Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed bills on Friday rolling back multiple abortion restrictions in the state, including some that had been in place for decades. The new laws make ...
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Mar 24, 2021 · Virginia has become the first Southern US state to abolish the death penalty after its governor signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment.
Mar 24, 2021 · “The abolition of the death penalty marks a significant first step in improving our criminal justice system, as it evinces a recognition of some of its deepest flaws.” Givens added, “I will remain forever grateful to Sen. Surovell for his dogged efforts to end the death penalty in Virginia.”
Jan 30, 2020 · In 2020, Virginia passed a sweeping bill to repeal abortion restrictions. The Democratic wins in 2019 meant legislators could advance a number of progressive priorities in 2020, including a...
Sep 6, 2021 · I have niche expertise in one category of shadow-docket activity: the death penalty. There were 13 federal executions during the last six months of the Trump administration, and the pertinent shadow-docket interventions disclose anything but a court abstaining in close cases.
Sep 19, 2020 · 1. About women on the court. “When I’m sometimes asked ‘When will there be enough (women on the Supreme Court)?’ and my answer is: ‘ When there are nine.’. People are shocked. But there’d...
Virginia is the first Southern state to abolish capital punishment. On March 24, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation to end the death penalty in Virginia and reduce the sentences of the commonwealth’s two death-row prisoners to life without parole.
