Murder Victim Family Member Press Conference Media Release, 2019 November 21, 2019 November 19, 2019 November 16
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FullscreenVIRGINIANS FOR f ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY ***MEDIA ALERT*** Virginia Murder Victim Family Members Call for Death Penalty Abolition WHO: Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) WHAT: Thirteen Virginians who have lost a family member to homicide are asking the General Assembly to make Virginia the 22" 24% state to abolish the death penalty. These citizens have come to understand that, far from bringing “closure” to their grief, the death penalty brings only more trauma to their lives, as well as being an inefficient and ineffective means of justice. Rachel Sutphin of Christiansburg, whose father - Corporal Eric E. Sutphin of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office - was killed in Blacksburg on August 6, 2006, will speak in favor of replacing Virginia’s death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole. Her father’s killer, William Morva, was executed in 2017 by the Commonwealth of Virginia. WHEN: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s Catholic Church 909 Rennie Avenue (corner of Chamberlayne Ave) Richmond, VA 23227 CONTACT: Michael Stone, Executive Director Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (434) 960-7779
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