Republican-controlled Senate may approve the legislation into law, bringing back the electric chair as Virginia's default method of execution, due to the difficulty of obtaining the drugs used in lethal injections.
James Freeman is the second man to be placed in the death row through lethal injection for killing a Texas game warden in 2007. The accused fatally wounded Hurst in a shootout as officers tried to take him into custody.
California advocates and opponents sparred over the new proposed protocol for lethal injection on public hearing last week. Advocates urged the protocol adoption which could resume executions in the state after a 10-year hiatus.
Christopher E. Brooks was executed Thursday night for being convicted of rape and murder. The Supreme Court upheld Alamaba jury's decision to put Brooks to death by lethal injection.
