It is strange that this abolitionist state still embraces secrecy since the secrecy surrounding its death penalty was breached more than a decade ago.
to the National Criminal Justice Association that states like Virginia recorded executions “just to protect themselves” against lawsuits.The first of the four Virginia recordings that remain in the public domain was made during the execution of Richard Lee Whitley, whothat “he would have liked to have had the execution televised and to be put to death without a hood over his head to ‘let the people see exactly what facial expressions you have when they put the juice to you.
The recording offers no account of how Whitley reacted to the application of the electric charges, as if that fact was of no significance. In the end, the recording returns to the passive voice, noting, “Inmate Whitley has expired at 11:07.”And nowhere on the recording is there a hint of the feelings or reactions of the official witnessing Whitley’s execution.who was put to death for murdering a 61-year-old womanThe recording of Waye’s execution follows closely the pattern of the Whitley recording, with two notable exceptions.
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