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| Bill would give electric chair option for Virginia |
| By wkyc.com- Garrett W Haake |
| Published: 02/17/2016 |
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MANASSAS, Va. -- The Virginia senate will soon consider a bill which would allow the Commonwealth to execute condemned inmates with the electric chair, should the Department of Corrections not be able to provide the chemicals necessary for a lethal injection execution. The measure, House Bill 815, passed the House of Delegates last week. It’s sponsor, Del. Jackson Miller of Manassas, expects a tougher fight in the Senate, but is hopeful for its prospects, as a nationwide shortage in execution chemicals has moved the matter from the academic to the actionable. In presenting the bill in the house, Miller made direct reference to the case of Ricky Gray, whose brutal torture and murder of a family of four in Richmond in 2006 shocked the commonwealth. Gray is scheduled for execution March 16th, but according to Miller, the department of corrections lacks the chemicals to carry out the sentence. “Right now they do not have the pharmaceuticals necessary to execute Ricky Gray,” Miller said in an interview Tuesday. “This does bring an urgency to the bill, because he’s that special type of person that most people support the death penalty for.” Read More. |
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