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"Expansion of "triggerman rule" goes to Kaine," by Jim Nolan is in today's Richmond Times-Dispatch.A bill that could expand application of the death penalty and a bill that would prohibit text messaging while driving are among notable measures that are heading to the governor after a busy day in the General Assembly. For the second year in a row, lawmakers in the House of Delegates and the state Senate approved bills that would expand application of the death penalty in cases of capital murder. And for the second year in a row, the measure is likely to be vetoed by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. "His position hasn't changed," Kaine spokesman Gordon Hickey said yesterday. House Bill 2358, sponsored by Del. C. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, would redefine the "triggerman rule" of Virginia criminal law, which currently holds that only the actual perpetrator of a capital murder is eligible for the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).