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Virignia kills

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

from WaPo: Edward N. Bell was strapped to a gurney, administered a sequence of three drugs and pronounced dead at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt at 9:11 p.m., said Larry Traylor, a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections. Bell, 44, was convicted in the 1999 killing of Sgt. Ricky L. Timbrook, who was shot while chasing a probation violator. Although capital punishment has been the subject of long-standing debate in Virginia, the case had particular resonance for Kaine (D), a Catholic who personally opposes the death penalty but has said he will enforce the law. Timbrook’s widow, Kelly, denounced Kaine’s views in an emotional television ad during the 2005 gubernatorial campaign.. . . Because Bell’s attorneys did not seek a last-minute stay of execution from the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 21, 2009 (boomark / email).