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The bill to abolish the death penalty in the US state of Virginia on Monday was finally approved by local legislators and sent for signature to Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, who intends to sign it. Thus, it will become the first state in the South of the United States, where this type of punishment will be eliminated at the legislative level, The Washington Post reported.

Virginia will become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty. They will be replaced by life imprisonment with no parole.

According to the newspaper, this state has been the leader in the number of executions in its territory until now. So, during the entire existence of Virginia, which was first an English colony, and then a state within the United States, its authorities executed almost 1,400 people. The first execution took place back in 1608 when a man believed to be a Spanish spy was executed in Jamestown, the first English settlement in the modern United States.

In December, several dozen members of the US Congress called on the current US President, Democrat Joe Biden to achieve its abolition at the state level.

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