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Virginia State Penitentiary was a prison in Richmond, Virginia.Towards the end of its life it was a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections.. Early 1900s. First opening in 1800, the prison was completed in 1804; it was built due to a reform movement preceding its construction. [1]
This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions , the information may become outdated.
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.
List of death row inmates in the United States; List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of most recent executions by jurisdiction; List of people executed in the United States in 2025; List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present; List of women executed in the United States since 1976
Named for Henry, Prince of Wales (1594–1612), the eldest son of King James I, Henricus is located on a former curl of the James River about 12 miles southeast of the modern city of Richmond, Virginia or 15 miles from the fall line of the James River. Today, the settlement is interpreted via Henricus Historical Park, a living history museum ...
Dandridge was arrested for a felony probation violation, according to NBC 12. The Richmond Sheriff's Office has commenced a criminal investigation. The medical examiner said his cause of death was pending. Jail or Agency: Richmond City Jail; State: Virginia; Date arrested or booked: 3/1/2016; Date of death: 6/21/2016; Age at death: 26; Sources ...
The color of their skin: Education and race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954–89 (U of Virginia Press, 1993) Randolph, Lewis A. Rights for a season: The politics of race, class, and gender in Richmond, Virginia (U. of Tennessee Press, 2003) Saunders, Robert M. "Crime and Punishment in Early National America: Richmond, Virginia, 1784–1820."