Tag: Governor Douglas Wilder

• RIP Jerry Givens, former Virginia executioner-turned-abolitionist.

  

    Jerry Givens was an unlikely campaigner against the death penalty. A correctional officer at the Virginia State Penitentiary since the early 1970’s, Givens was also its resident executioner. Until going to prison himself in 1999 on perjury and money-laundering charges (charges he always denied) Givens rose through the ranks. At first supporting the death…

  CrimeScribe

  April 29, 2020

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