Virginia Assessment on the Death Penalty

Virginia Assessment Team on the Death Penalty

The assessment is conducted by a state-based team responsible for collecting and analyzing various laws, rules, procedures, standards, and guidelines relating to the administration of capital punishment in Virginia. It is the Virginia Assessment Team’s responsibility to determine whether the state is in compliance with the ABA Protocols and make any other additional recommendations it feels are needed to improve the fairness and accuracy of Virginia’s death penalty system. The Virginia Assessment Team is comprised of the following individuals (link for full biographies):

• John Douglass, Chair
  Dean Emeritus, University of Richmond School of Law
  Richmond, VA
• Hon. Leslie M. Alden
  Falls Church, VA
• Craig Cooley 
  Richmond, VA
• Mark Earley
  The Earley Legal Group
  Leesburg, VA
• Senator John Edwards
  Roanoke, VA
• Joseph Flood
  Connell, Sheldon & Flood, PLC
  Fairfax, VA
• Michael N. Herring
  Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney
  Richmond, VA
• Gail Marshall
  Rapidan, VA