I am a citizen of Virginia. As such, I am a part of the death penalty, like it or not. I work full time at an unrelated job and am maintaining this web site in my spare time. I want to let people in other states and in other countries know about a part of Virginia that's not discussed on the official Virginia web site. Please note that it is very difficult for me to get information about the death penalty.
Politicians talk a lot about it during election season, but only in broad terms.
The details are not generally available. I'm sure we have creative enough minds here in Virginia to find a good alternative to killing our prisoners. Trying to stop violence with violence only keeps the cycle violence going. By killing men and women who we've already got locked up, we are setting the example that killing unarmed people in cold blood is an acceptable way to handle problems.