The Virginian-Pilot
                              THE LEDGER-STAR  
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, December 27, 1994             TAG: 9412270226
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY LARRY O'DELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

DEATH-ROW DILEMMA: THE CHAIR OR INJECTION?

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

The new Virginia death chamber at the Greensville Correctional

Center in Jarratt, Va., is ready for those inmates who choose to die

by lethal injection. On Jan. 24, Dana Ray Edmonds of Danville is

likely to become the first man executed by the new method.

KEYWORDS: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VIRGINIA by CNB