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Statement of Governor Warner on the Scheduled Execution of James Bryant Hudson

Date: Aug. 18, 2004
Location: Richmond, VA
Issues: Judicial Branch


August 18, 2004

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Statement of Governor Warner on the Scheduled Execution of James Bryant Hudson

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today issued the following statement on the scheduled execution of James Bryant Hudson by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Mr. Hudson pled guilty to the capital murder of Stanley Cole and Wesley Cole, the first-degree murder of Patsy Cole, and two counts of unlawfully and feloniously using a firearm in the commission of a felony. The Supreme Court of Virginia unanimously affirmed Mr. Hudson's sentence of death.

"I have not been asked by Mr. Hudson to intervene and there are no legal challenges to this scheduled execution. Accordingly, I expect the court-ordered sentence to be carried out."

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