Alanna Durkin Richer

Commissioners’ prayer practice ‘unconstitutionally coercive’

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

RICHMOND, Va. >> Elected officials in North Carolina violated the constitution by opening meetings with Christian prayers and inviting audience members to join, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in...

In this Thursday file photo, William Morva watches as prospective jury members are interviewed to serve in his attempted robbery trial in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Morva is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday for the killings of a hospital security guard and a sheriff’s deputy in 2006. Morva’s attorneys and mental health advocates are calling on Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to spare his life. - Matt Gentry — The Roanoke Times via AP, File

Virginia set to execute man under more secretive protocol

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

RICHMOND, Va. >> When Virginia carries out its next execution, more of the process will be shrouded in secrecy.Virginia is scheduled to give a lethal injection to 35-year-old William Morva...

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