Nice to Know Some Politicians Have Souls and/or Common Sense

As a resident of Maryland, it's normally my sworn duty to disparage the "Commonwealth" of Virginia as much as possible. For instance, every time I go to Hot Topic, I'm always tempted to buy that "Virginia is for Losers" shirt, but then I realize that a state who's majors roads are named after Confederate generals just isn't worth it.

Well, that shit goes out the window tonight. Reuters is reporting that Governor Warner has commuted the death sentence of the man who would have been the victim of Virginia's 1000th execution. The convicted man's name isn't worth mentioning or even important at all, really. I'm just happy someone in power out there realizes that death penalty is worthless as a deterrent.

Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend.

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