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Virginia, a state which used to have the most effective capital punishment process in the country, is now considering abolishing its death penalty and allowing murderers to be released on parole.\u00a0 Frank Green of the Richmond Times Dispatch reports<\/a> that on Monday, SB 1165 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party line vote.\u00a0 The bill, which would abolish the death penalty, has Governor Ralph Northam’s support. \u00a0 Hans Bader reports<\/a> in Liberty Unyielding that last week, the head of the Virginia Courts of Justice Committee introduced SB 1370, which would allow parole to the state’s worst murderers, including serial killers. \u00a0 The bill would apply retroactively to give killers serving life-without-parole sentences the opportunity for release.\u00a0\u00a0 As Bader notes,\u00a0 “Allowing judges to retroactively shorten sentences would not only increase the crime rate, by reducing the deterrent effect of criminal penalties. It would reopen old wounds for crime victims, depriving them of any sense of closure or finality and taking away their peace of mind.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virginia, a state which used to have the most effective capital punishment process in the country, is now considering abolishing its death penalty and allowing murderers to be released on parole.\u00a0 Frank Green of the Richmond Times Dispatch reports that on Monday, SB 1165 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party line vote.\u00a0 The bill, which would abolish the death penalty, has Governor Ralph Northam’s support. \u00a0 Hans Bader reports in Liberty Unyielding that last week, the head of the Virginia Courts of Justice Committee introduced SB 1370, which would allow parole to the state’s worst murderers, including serial killers. \u00a0 The bill would apply retroactively to give killers serving life-without-parole sentences the opportunity for release.\u00a0\u00a0 As Bader notes,\u00a0 “Allowing judges to retroactively shorten sentences would not only increase the crime rate, by reducing the deterrent effect of criminal penalties. It would reopen old wounds for crime victims, depriving them of any sense of closure or finality and taking away their peace of mind.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nVirginia Bills Would Abolish Death Penalty, Allow Parole for Murderers - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2811\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virginia Bills Would Abolish Death Penalty, Allow Parole for Murderers - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virginia, a state which used to have the most effective capital punishment process in the country, is now considering abolishing its death penalty and allowing murderers to be released on parole.\u00a0 Frank Green of the Richmond Times Dispatch reports that on Monday, SB 1165 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party line vote.\u00a0 The bill, which would abolish the death penalty, has Governor Ralph Northam’s support. \u00a0 Hans Bader reports in Liberty Unyielding that last week, the head of the Virginia Courts of Justice Committee introduced SB 1370, which would allow parole to the state’s worst murderers, including serial killers. \u00a0 The bill would apply retroactively to give killers serving life-without-parole sentences the opportunity for release.\u00a0\u00a0 As Bader notes,\u00a0 “Allowing judges to retroactively shorten sentences would not only increase the crime rate, by reducing the deterrent effect of criminal penalties. 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