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The chamber voted in bipartisan support of HB The state Senate approved its version of the ban by a vote of on Wednesday, but both chambers must vote again on the measure before it can be sent to Gov. Ralph Northam's desk. Northam gave his support to abolishing the death penalty in his annual state of the state address earlier this year.

With his signature, Virginia would become the 23rd state in the country to repeal the death penalty. Delegate Lee Carter, a Democrat who co-sponsored the bill, said that though the legislation's not yet official, "we've cleared the hurdles.

Shari Shilberstein, executive director for Equal Justice USA, a criminal justice reform organization, said the bill's passage does more than to sound "the death penalty's demise. And though the bill had bipartisan support, Republican Delegate Jason Miyares argued that the death penalty should be kept for the victims.

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Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said the death penalty was particularly vulnerable to repeal in Virginia amid the state's growing calls for racial justice and a movement toward being "smart on crime rather than tough on crime. Census Bureau. Further, the report cited Penaltty analysis that found killers of White victims were more likely to face capital prosecution than killers of Black victims.

Twenty-two states have abolished the death penalty -- including Colorado last year -- and three have moratoriums on the practice. President Joe Biden has promised to work toward repeal at the federal level. By Danielle Haynes.

Q: Why the push for action now?

Support for the death penalty in the United States has waned in recent decades. Latest Headlines. Governor Democrat John Fetterman announced Monday that he would run for Senate, in what is predicted to be a highly contested race to Thw Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who said he will retire in ]