Capital Punishment

Under the state's revised capital punishment law, inmates must have the choice between the electric chair and a firing squad

Attorneys have argued that the state hasn't tried hard enough to get lethal injection drugs or compound them itself — as some other states have done

This comes despite widespread concern that enough safeguards are in place to prevent executing the innocent

The nation's last lethal-gas execution was carried out more than two decades ago

SCDC is slated to use the electric chair to execute Brad Sigmon on June 18

At issue is how juries review "aggravating" factors

Lethal injection was the default execution method in the state when Brad Sigmon was sentenced

Death row inmates will be asked to choose whether they want to die by electric chair, firing squad or lethal injection

Firing squads have not been used in the U.S. for more than a decade

The governor signed legislation Wednesday making Virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty

“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 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