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| House passes bill to bring back the electric chair as Virginia's default method of execution |
| By pilotonline.com |
| Published: 02/11/2016 |
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The House of Delegates passed legislation Wednesday that would bring back the electric chair as Virginia’s default method of execution because of difficulty obtaining the drugs used in lethal injections. The Republican-controlled House approved Del. Jackson Miller’s bill, HB815, on a mostly party-line 62-33 vote. It now goes to the Senate, where similar measures have stalled in the past. Virginia allows condemned inmates to choose whether to be executed by electrocution or lethal injection. Most choose injection – the electric chair was last used in 2013. If the inmate declines to choose, injection is the default method used under current law. Read More. |
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