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Virginia's Governor denies clemency for female condemned murderer

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local article, headlined "Gov. McDonnell refuses to block execution of Teresa Lewis," the Governor of Virginia is not going to grant clemency to a high-profile defendant due to be executed next week. Here are the details: Gov. Bob McDonnell denied a clemency petition today from Teresa Lewis, scheduled to be the first woman executed by Virginia in nearly a century. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court decides to review the case, Lewis will die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Sept. 23. A Pittsylvania County judge sentenced Lewis to death in 2003 for the murder-for-hire killings of her husband, Julian Clifton Lewis, and her stepson, Charles "C.J." Lewis.... Both of the hired killers were sentenced to life in prison ? prompting Lewis? lawyers to argue in a clemency petition that it would be unfair to put her to death...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 17, 2010 (boomark / email).