Not too long ago (Professor Turley will recognize this, I’m sure)in Virginia, a DNA test was available to clear a prisoner on death row but was rejected as being too late for review. Worse, also in Virgina new evidence of a different kind was sought to be used as a new review in an appellate court in a death case, but the same ground for refusal was used by the court. It seems tht Virgina, like other red states (Texas comes to mind) can hardly wait to execute the convict. Virginia seemingly is emerging from its Dark Age as shown by the election of Jim Webb to the Senate. John Warner is leaving on retirement, and Mark Warner (not related) is running for the vacant seat. He is very much the same type Democrat as Webb is. The Senate and the Nation will be that much better served with Webb and Warner as Virginia’s senators.