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  • Daughter of deputy sheriff slain by executed killer asks to end Virginia's death penalty

    11/22/2019 4:34:26 AM PST · by Captain Jack Aubrey · 43 replies
    The Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 11/22/2019 | Frank Green
    The daughter of Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Eric Sutphin, shot to death in 2006 by William C. Morva, urged lawmakers Thursday to end capital punishment in Virginia. “It is time for the death penalty to be abolished in order to better care for the victim’s family members, to better serve the public good and to protect human life,” said Rachel Sutphin, now a student at Columbia Theological Seminary. Sutphin was 9 when her father was shot to death during a manhunt for Morva, who also fatally shot an unarmed hospital security guard while escaping custody. Morva was executed in...