On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal made by convicted murderer William Morva.
Morva was convicted of three counts of capital murder by the Washington County Circuit Court in 2008. He was sentenced to the death penalty for each murder, a penalty the court deemed reasonable by rejecting his appeal.
After escaping from Montgomery Regional Hospital in August 2006, Morva shot and killed security guard Derrick McFarland. The following day, Morva shot Cpl. Eric Sutphin while he searched for him on the Huckleberry Trail.
Morva was convicted of three counts of capital murder for committing a capital offense, killing more than one person within three years.
“This is evidence of justice being done in our courts,” Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt said in a statement.
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Halfway there on appeals. Morva will be executed by late 2012.
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That's very fast. I thought he'd be waiting at least 10+ years like most other death row inmates.
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This is the Commonwealth of Virginia. They don't play around. Considering the evidence against him is so strong (numerous eyewitnesses at MRH shooting and ballistics on Deputy Sutphin), the case will sail through remaining appeals.
The average death case in Virginia from time of conviction to execution is 6 years.
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time to fire up the electric chair I think
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