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On March 24, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill to abolish the death penalty in Virginia. He signed the legislation at the Greensville Correctional Center, which houses the execution chamber used to carry out capital punishment by the Commonwealth of Virginia. This historic legislation makes Virginia the first state in the South to abolish capital punishment.
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) was one of the key organizations that helped to win passage of the bill.
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