Religious leaders urged Virginia lawmakers on Monday to put an end to capital punishment and reject Gov. Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe's proposal to shield the identities of pharmacies that supply lethal drugs for executions.
About a dozen members of an interfaith coalition and a former death row inmate denounced McAuliffe's proposal, which replaces a bill that sought to force condemned inmates to the electric chair if execution drugs were not available. Faith leaders said shielding suppliers from public scrutiny would increase the risk of botched executions.
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