Raymond Riles' "death sentence can no longer stand" because the 70-year-old's history of mental illness wasn't properly considered by jurors
The governor signed legislation Wednesday making Virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty
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“Not a day goes by that we’re not scanning the news for hints of when or if the Biden administration will take meaningful action to implement his promises”
The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Trump administration
The death penalty would be blocked for people with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder or delusional disorder
The state can't put anyone to death now because its supply of lethal injection drugs expired and it has not been able to buy any more
Right now, inmates can choose between electrocution and the current default method of lethal injection
The legislation repealing the death penalty now heads to Gov. Ralph Northam, who has said he will sign it into law
Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose face the death penalty in the deaths of Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue
Bills will be introduced "in the near future" that would replace all capital sentences with a sentence of life in prison without parole
Executioners' accounts are at odds with reports by media witnesses of how inmates' stomachs rolled, shook and shuddered as the pentobarbital took effect
The organizations sent a letter to Biden, urging that he act immediately "on your promise of ensuring equality, equity and justice in our criminal legal system"
Critics want Biden to bulldoze the federal death chamber in Indiana and strike the death penalty from U.S. statutes entirely
It's a dramatic shift for Virginia, which has put more people to death over its centuries-long history than any other state
The Democrat-controlled chamber approved the bill in a 21-17 vote that split along party lines and was seen as a key hurdle for the measure
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