- Percy Levar Walton
Percy Levar Walton (born
October 18 ,1978 ) was convicted and sentenced to death in 1997 for the November1996 murder s of Elizabeth and Jessee Hendrick, aged 81 and 80, and Archie Moore, aged 33, inDanville, Virginia .He was scheduled to be executed on
June 8 ,2006 , but thegovernor of Virginia ,Tim Kaine , stayed the execution one hour before it was due to take place and has ordered amental examination of the convict to determine if he is fit for execution or not. It was reported that Walton has anIQ of just 66, other reports claim that a test conducted before his 18th birthday put hisIQ at 90. [cite web|url=http://www.vadp.org/cases/walton.htm|title=Percy Walton|publisher=Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP)|date=|accessdate=2007-01-19]Governor Kaine stated that it would be immoral to either execute or
pardon Walton without further investigations, and ordered that the court would evaluate the results of the examinations and, if applicable, set a new execution date onDecember 9 ,2006 . Kaine's decision sparked criticism from his political opponents, who during the recent election campaigns claimed that he wassoft on crime and unwilling to make use of thedeath penalty .The
State of Virginia set an execution date of June 10, 2008, however on June 9, 2008, GovernorTim Kaine commuted his sentence tolife in prison without parole . [cite web|url=http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=8453436|title=Kaine announces he'll commute Percy Walton's sentence to life in prison
publisher=WorldNow and WDBJ7|date=|accessdate=2008-09-09]Notes
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