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Kaine stays execution while high court ponders lethal injections
By News in Brief
April 7, 2008
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine stayed the execution Tuesday of a man who killed a police officer, giving the U.S. Supreme Court time to decide whether lethal injections are constitutional.
Kaine delayed the execution of Edward Nathaniel Bell, scheduled for April 8, until July 24.
Bell, 43, was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to die for the October […]
Court grants new hearing on ‘writ of actual innocence’
By News in Brief
April 7, 2008
VIRGINIA BEACH—A former Navy SEAL trainee who has served 12 years in prison has been awarded a hearing on his claim that his co-defendant was solely responsible for murdering a Georgia college student vacationing in Virginia Beach.
Dustin Turner, 33, is seeking to get his murder conviction overturned on the strength of Billy Joe Brown’s 2003 […]
Peninsula Women’s Bar hosts charity gala April 9
By News in Brief
April 7, 2008
The Greater Peninsula Women’s Bar Association will host its annual Charity Gala this Wednesday, April 9, at the Point Plaza Conference Center.
Attorney General Bob McDonnell will serve as master of ceremonies at the gala, which will last from 6 to 9 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula, […]
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