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WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court’s March 22 announcement that it would hear a government appeal to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brings the death penalty issue in front of the Biden administration.

On Feb. 3, the Virginia Senate passed a bill to abolish the death penalty in the commonwealth. The House of Delegates followed suit this morning, Feb. 5, when they passed their own death penalty abolition bill with a floor vote.

ARLINGTON, VA. — Both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate have now passed bills that would abolish the death penalty in the state.

Lawmakers in Virginia voted on Friday to abolish the death penalty. The Democratic-led House of Delegates voted 57-41 Friday, after the Senate passed the measure earlier this week. Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, said he would sign the repeal into law.

With January being Respect Life Month, the Office of Respect Life Ministry for the Diocese of Palm Beach is participating in a variety of advocacy events that embody the Catholic doctrines of honoring life from conception to natural death.

The Supreme Court Jan. 14 cleared the path for the federal government to execute Corey Johnson after denying his two last-minute appeals.

The Trump administration's last full week in power will likely be a deadly one, with three federal executions scheduled over the course of four days.

The work of putting an end to capital punishment is far from done, and recent events have pointed to the need for a conversion of U.S. culture from death and vengeance.

As three federal executions were scheduled for this week, multiple bills have been introduced in Congress to end use of the federal death penalty.

In the early morning of Jan. 13, following a day of attempted legal delays and despite documentation of severe mental illness stemming from childhood abuse, 52-year-old Lisa Montgomery became the first woman in decades to be executed by the federal government.