This week the Virginia state Senate approved a bill making
the electric chair the default method of execution if lethal injection drugs
are unavailable, reported Reuters.
The bill passed the Republican-controlled Senate by a 22-17
vote. The Republican-dominated House has already approved the measure.
After a lower chamber vote on a minor amendment, the measure
will go to Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe for approval. A spokesman for
the governor said the measure would be reviewed when it arrived.
Virginia is one of eight states that allows electrocution as
a method of execution, letting condemned inmates choose between it and lethal
injection. If they do not choose, lethal injection is used.
Virginia, along with other states, has struggled to get
lethal injection drugs because pharmaceutical companies have protested their
use in executions.
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