**3 Pages**
On March 24, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law that repeals the death penalty in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is your opportunity to express how you personally feel about the legislation.
3 PAGES on the legislation. Please write 3 PAGES that includes your responses to each of the following questions:
What is the death penalty and when is it typically imposed?
Do you support or oppose capital punishment, and why or why not?
Is there ever a right time to impose the death penalty, if so when?
Were death sentences imposed fairly in Virginia based on statistics?
Which racial group of offenders received a death sentence more often that others?
Do you agree or disagree with the new legislation that repeals the death penalty in Virginia? Again, why or why not.