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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Corrections has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that claims prison officials are…
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A Democratic lawmaker who opposes the death penalty has introduced legislation stripping Delaware's Department of Correction of its…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Attorneys for a Virginia inmate scheduled to be executed next month are challenging the state's plan to use lethal injection drugs…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Documents show Virginia prison officials have paid a compounding pharmacy $66,000 to obtain lethal injection drugs needed for two…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP)- In the span of a year, the cost for the state of Virginia to obtain lethal injection drugs has leapt from about $525 per execution to…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's attorney general says he doesn't believe a proposal to allow the state to obtain lethal injection drugs from anonymous…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A coalition of several hundred religious leaders is urging Virginia lawmakers to reject a proposal to conceal the identities of…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has proposed making significant changes to a bill that sought to allow the state to force condemned…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A bill that would force condemned inmates to die by the electric chair if the state can't find lethal injection drugs is one step…
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Terry McAuliffe says Virginia faces "somewhat of a crisis" over a lack of lethal-injection drugs for a scheduled execution next…