Kaine will not intervene in Elliott execution

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will not intervene in the execution of convicted murder Larry “Bill” Elliott.

“Elliott’s trial, verdict, and sentence have been reviewed by state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Virginia, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Having carefully reviewed the petition for clemency and judicial opinions regarding this case, I find no compelling reason to set aside the sentence that was recommended by the jury and then imposed and affirmed by the courts,” stated Kaine in a press release Tuesday.

This clears the way for Elliott, 60, to be executed at 9 p.m., at the Greensville Correctional Facility in Jarratt, Va. He chose to be put to death in the electric chair.

Kaine, on Sept. 18, delayed Elliott’s original execution date of Oct. 5, after he Elliott filed a petition to with the governor’s office claiming his innocence in the crimes, requesting his death sentence be commuted to life in prison.

In 2003, Elliott was convicted of the murders of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch, who he killed inside Thrall’s Woodbridge townhome on Jan. 2, 2001.

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