The politics behind the death penalty's demise in Virginia

More than 400 years after the first execution in Virginia -- of Captain George Kendall, accused in 1608 of spying for Spain -- the Old Dominion is on the cusp of becoming the first former Confederate state to abolish the death penalty.

source https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/world/meanwhile-in-america-february-24-intl/index.html