Virginia Executes Killer
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. —
A man convicted of strangling and slashing the throat of an elderly neighbor and sexually assaulting her corpse was electrocuted Monday. It was the first execution in Virginia in almost a year. Richard Lee Whitley, 41, was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m., a state official said.
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