The Virginia state Senate voted on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty. The House of Delegates must also pass the same bill before it can be sent to Governor Ralph Northam (who already has expressed his support for the idea) to sign. The bill was sponsored by Senator Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax), a criminal defense attorney in Virginia. He says he pushed this bill for several different reasons, including the 174 people that were sentenced to death before later being exonerated for those charges. Surovell also said that he believes a fair trial cannot take place when the death penalty is...