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Virginia Death Penalty Expansion Vetoed

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As expected, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine vetoed legislation that would have expanded the state's death penalty.  AP reports, "Va. governor vetoes bills to expand death penalty,"via Google News.Gov. Timothy M. Kaine vetoed legislation Friday that would have extended the death penalty to murder accomplices, a measure that would have increased the population eligible for execution in the nation's second-busiest death chamber.It was the third consecutive year that Kaine, a Democrat, has vetoed bills to expand Virginia's "triggerman rule," which reserves the death penalty only for those who commit a murder."While the nature of the offenses targeted by this legislation is very serious, I do not believe that further expansion of the death penalty is necessary to protect human life," Kaine said in a statement announcing the vetoes...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).