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Virginia commutation

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Governor Timothy M. Kaine today commuted the death sentence of Percy  Levar Walton. Walton was scheduled to be executed tomorrow night. Kaine has allowed five executions to proceed. This is the first he  has commuted. Press accounts note “Walton differs in fundamental ways from other death row offenders,”   Kaine said in the statement. “He lives in a self-imposed state of   isolation that includes virtually no interest in receiving or understanding information. Walton communicates only infrequently,  almost invariably in response to direct questions, and those   responses are minimal in nature. “He has nothing in his cell other than a mattress, a pillow and a  blanket. He shows no interest in contact with the outside world and  has no television, radio, magazines, books or stationery...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).