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Fighting for life (without parole): Death penalty abolitionists see change on the horizon
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Fighting for life (without parole): Death penalty abolitionists see change on the horizon

In August 2006, 24-year-old William Charles Morva made national headlines when he sent the Montgomery County Police on a manhunt unlike any the town of Blacksburg had seen before. While awaiting trial for an attempted armed robbery, Morva was taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital for minor injuries. After using the bathroom, he knocked out the […]

bje2cb | February 12, 2020

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Fighting for life (without parole): Death penalty abolitionists see change on the horizon

In August 2006, 24-year-old William Charles Morva made national headlines when he sent the Montgomery County Police on a manhunt unlike any the town of Blacksburg had seen before. While awaiting trial for an attempted armed robbery, Morva was taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital for minor injuries. After using the bathroom, he knocked out the […]

bje2cb | February 12, 2020

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