Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 26, 1993 TAG: 9308260100
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
- Larry Brie, Bedford.
Mary Sue Terry:
"During my tenure as attorney general, it was my responsibility to preside over 14 executions as well as [scheduled] executions involving two individuals where the governor commuted the sentence. I support the death penalty. I think there are some crimes that are so heinous, some individuals who are so dangerous, that the death penalty ought to be a legislative prerogative of the General Assembly.
"In my tenure, my criminal division argued six cases before the United States Supreme Court on criminal justice issues. We won all six. Three of those cases involved . . . the types of issues raised by defense counsel that would cause undue delay in executions and frivolous appeals."
George Allen:
"I support the death penalty for premediated, deliberate murder, as well as for drug kingpins. I've introduced bills to have the death penalty applied in cases of murder during an attempted armed robbery, something [Salem Del.] Steve Agee and I worked together on, as well as with Jim Gilmore [the Republican candidate for attorney general].
"The reason they're staying there so long is these endless, frivolous appeals that more recently - because of the United States Supreme Court decisions - are not as long as they used to be. People want justice served. You'll find with the more recent Supreme Court decisions in the last two to three years, those endless appeals are being shortened."
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