Virginia's 100th Execution Scheduled for June 10th
On May 27th, Kevin Green was executed. He was the 99th person to be executed in the state of Virginia since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. With an IQ below 70, he was borderline mentally retarded. While we keep Mr. Green in our thoughts, we must continue our work to stop the death penalty in Virginia and continue to stand up for
death row inmates.
Percy Levar Walton, who suffers from serious mental illness, and has been described as "floridly psychotic", is scheduled on June 10th to become the 100th person executed in Virginia. He was sentenced to death in 1997 for the murders of Elizabeth and Jesse Hendrick, and Archie Moore. Urge Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to halt the execution of this
severely mentally ill man.
Virginia is 2nd only to Texas in number of executions, and they are now poised to top 100 executions by June. Get involved today - help to end the death penalty in Virginia!
To sign a petition calling on Governor Kaine to commute this death sentence visit: http://tinyurl.com/6rkn2a [1]
To take part in the week of action to stop the execution email maintern5@aiusa.org [2] or visit THIS PAGE [3].