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Executions in Mississppi and Virginia

By Steve Hall

Last night, Mississippi and Virginia carried out executions.  This week has seen four executions in the span of two days.  That's the heaviest concentration since July 2003 when five men were executed over a period of three consecutive days.The AP reports, "Mississippi executes 2nd inmate in as many days," and "Virginia executes inmate who killed 2 men."  Both are via Google News.To date, there have been 22 executions in the nation in 2010, and 1,210 executions since 1977.  Texas has far and away the most active death chamber in America, accounting for more than 37% of the nation's post-Furman executions; 457 since 1982.Virginia has carried out 107 executions to date, second only to Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 21, 2010 (boomark / email).