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Coverage of Walton Commutation

By Kristin Houle

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch ("Triple murderer spared from execution by Kaine," June 10, 2008):"Gov. Timothy M. Kaine commuted Percy Levar Walton's death sentences to life without parole yesterday, sparing the triple murderer execution by injection tonight.Though courts have held that Walton could be executed, Kaine said he granted clemency because Walton was not mentally competent. In 2006, Kaine twice delayed Walton's execution over concerns he was mentally ill.'Given the extended period of time over which Walton has exhibited this lack of mental competence, I must conclude that a commutation of his sentence . . . is now the only constitutionally appropriate course of action,' Kaine said in a prepared statement.In 1996, Walton murdered Jessie Kendrick, 80, Elizabeth Kendrick, 81, and Archie D...continue to full post

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