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Virginia executes inmate for killing 2 in 2006
Fox5DC ^ | 7/6/17 | AP

Posted on 07/06/2017 7:25:59 PM PDT by HokieMom

Virginia has executed a man who killed a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy after escaping from custody in 2006.

Thirty-five-year-old William Morva was pronounced dead at 9:15 p.m. Thursday after an injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. He had no last words.

It was the first execution carried out in Virginia under a new protocol that makes more of the lethal injection procedure secret.

Morva was in jail awaiting trial on attempted robbery charges when he overpowered a deputy sheriff during a trip to the hospital. He used the deputy's pistol to fatally shoot an unarmed security guard and killed another deputy during a manhunt the next day.

Morva's lawyers said his crimes were the result a severe mental illness that prevented him from distinguishing between delusions and reality.

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KEYWORDS: execution; virginia
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Even the Dem Gov, McAuliffe let the execution go forward. Must be an election year in Virginia.

1 posted on 07/06/2017 7:26:00 PM PDT by HokieMom
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Can he vote absentee before they kill him?


2 posted on 07/06/2017 7:27:36 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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>>Morva’s lawyers said his crimes were the result a severe mental illness that prevented him from distinguishing between delusions and reality.<<

Mad dogs need putting down. Justice and safety demanded it.


3 posted on 07/06/2017 7:27:36 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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If Charles Manson had a son....................


4 posted on 07/06/2017 7:28:13 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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That seems incredibly fast from conviction to execution. I’m not complaining about it...it just seems that it’s often decades in most states.


5 posted on 07/06/2017 7:31:40 PM PDT by Kipp
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Can he vote absentee before they kill him?

Who cares? He will vote democratic in future elections.

6 posted on 07/06/2017 7:35:16 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Kipp

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmmIVnjqfQ


7 posted on 07/06/2017 7:35:18 PM PDT by ex91B10
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Yes!


8 posted on 07/06/2017 7:40:05 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: HokieMom
The condemned:


9 posted on 07/06/2017 7:41:58 PM PDT by BeauBo
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Can he vote absentee before they kill him?

McAuliffe is refusing to cooperate with the President's voter fraud commission...

10 posted on 07/06/2017 7:42:26 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Some sad Mama’s baby boy gone wrong. Substance abuse, I’m guessing.


11 posted on 07/06/2017 7:43:42 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Boy, you don’t need an introductory course in psychology to see he was mad as a mad hatter. Good on VA for putting him out of his misery.


12 posted on 07/06/2017 7:46:52 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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McAuliffe is OBVIOUSLY running for president - only reason why ANY DEMOCRAT would let a person be executed.


13 posted on 07/06/2017 7:50:27 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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Back in the day...the guy that assassinated President McKinley was tried, convicted, and executed in about 6 weeks after McKinley died (he lingered for about a week after being shot).


14 posted on 07/06/2017 7:55:10 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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It should not take 11 years to execute a murderer.


15 posted on 07/06/2017 8:01:27 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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“Can he vote absentee before they kill him?”

That’s okay. Now that he is dead he will “vote” many times.


16 posted on 07/06/2017 8:01:46 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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I was thinking the same thing. He sure has the Charles Manson look.


17 posted on 07/06/2017 8:03:58 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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McAuliffe is OBVIOUSLY running for president

I'm sure of it. I expect he'll head to Iowa and New Hampshire after our November election.

18 posted on 07/06/2017 8:06:26 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Must be an election year in Virginia.

I had similar thought. Did The Punk allow this as a token execution so he looks tough on law and order in his future campaigns?

19 posted on 07/06/2017 8:17:37 PM PDT by llevrok (A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
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“Can he vote absentee before they kill him?”

Why would that affect his ability to vote in that state? I don’t understand.


20 posted on 07/06/2017 8:48:18 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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