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		</div><p>The death penalty is to be abolished in Virginia, a state with a long and prolific history of carrying out executions.</p>
<p>Governor Ralph Northam scheduled a tour of the death chamber at the Greensville Correction Centre on Wednesday, and then plans to sign the landmark legislation.</p>
<p>It marks a dramatic shift in a state that has executed more people than any other.</p>
<p>Virginia has put to death nearly 1,400 people since its days as a colony and will become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty.</p>
<p>In modern times, Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of executions it has carried out, with 113 since the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.</p>
<p>Last month, Virginia’s new Democratic majority won a lengthy battle when both the Senate and House of Delegates approved bills to end capital punishment.</p>
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