Virginia governor refuses to halt inmate's execution

Virginia governor refuses to halt inmate's execution

Morva’s death sentence, for killing an unarmed security guard and a sheriff’s deputy in a 2006 escape from custody, has triggered renewed debate about capital punishment for the mentally ill. Morva, 35, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT on Friday). “The record before me does not contain sufficient evidence to warrant the extraordinary step of overturning the decision of a lawfully impaneled jury following a properly conducted trial,” Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, said in a statement outlining why he was denying clemency.

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