                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, August 25, 1995                TAG: 9508250719
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

HAMPTON ROADS ROUNDTABLE

ILLUSTRATION: Graphic

THE ULTIMATE PENALTY

PILOT ONLINE

Virginia is a leading practitioner of capital punishment. Since

executions resumed in America in 1977, only Texas and Florida have

put more people to death. Yet the ultimate punishment raises a host

of troubling questions. In this month's Hampton Roads Roundtable, a

prosecutor, a sociologist and two family members of murder victims

grapple with the issue. Hear the discussion on public radio station

WHRV, 89.5 FM, at 1 p.m. today and read about Sunday in the

Commentary section of The Virginian-Pilot. a full text of the

discussion is on Pilot Online at http://www.infi.net/pilot/

by CNB