The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi
On the 24th local time, virginia in the United States announced the abolition of the death penalty, becoming the first southern state in the United States to abolish the death penalty and the 23rd state in the United States to abolish the death penalty.
According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 25th, Virginia Governor Northam signed a bill abolishing the death penalty at the Greensville Correctional Center in the state where death row inmates are held on the 24th. "We can't give the final penalty without being 100% sure we're right." Northam said, "Today, in this state, there is no place for the death penalty. Northam also said he was convinced that signing the new law was the right one and would not forget the experience.
On March 24, 2021, local time, Governor Northam signed a bill abolishing the death penalty in Virginia, USA. People's Vision Diagram
According to the U.S. Death Penalty Information Center, Virginia carries out more executions than other states, and since Virginia's official inception, more than 1,400 executed prisoners have been executed, second only to Texas.
Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said Virginia's abolition of the death penalty could mark the beginning of abolition in the southern United States. It is reported that the number of prisoners sentenced to death in the southern United States is currently the largest.
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