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= Representative Matt Finley, Republican = __State__:Virginia Congress member I agree most with : Brown-Waite

5 Interesting facts about Virginia :
-Virginia was named for England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I. -Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson. -Seven Presidents are buried in Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taft and Kennedy. -The State nickname is "Old Dominion". -The symbols are Flower, bird, dog, shell, tree

5 Important facts about Virginia and the Death:
-Virginia does enforce capital punishment (Death penalty) for capital crimes -Has executed 94 people since the year of 1976 -The govenor of Virginia upholds it, but how ever personally oposses it -Of the 23 deathrow prisoners 13 were black and 10 were white -A man on deathrow was finally proven innocent after serving for 16years

Three main issues that you chose:
1 .The Issue of the Death Penalty (Capital Punishment) The death penalty is probably not the first thing you would think about when the idea of governmental issues comes up, maby more along the lines of economy, education or religion, but it is a fairly debated issue and should be further debated. The death penalty should be enforced across all the states of the United States of America because it would reduce the cost of clothing, feeding, housing and all the other things for someone who just commited that of a capital crime ("Capital offenses include willfulm deliberate, prenedutated killing: In connection with abduction for extortion of money of pecuinarybenefit, for hire; commited while confined to state correctional facility, armed rovvery, rape, sodomy, law officer for purposed of interfering with official duties, multiple murders, victim in commission of abduction, intented to extort money or for pecuniary benefit; controlled substance; outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman; continuing serious threat to society; willful killing of a pregnant woman by person who knows woman is pregnant, any person under 14 by a person 21 and older; act of terroism."Copyright © 2009 FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business. All rights reserved.) and this money that is being used is your money and it comes out of your taxes. Do you want to pay for a murderer to live? Especially if your the family, how would you feel? They deserve the closure of having the person or person(s) put to death.

2. The Issue of Education
We are currently having an issue with education in America, Many people cannot afford an education and with out it their children will be not be able to and so on unless something breaks the cycle. School is a very important aspect to success in life, every one should have the choice of going to school, but if you do not wish to get an education they should not be forced to how ever every one should have the chance to succeed in life.

= 3.The Issue of Owning Gun(s) = The issue of owning guns has been hotly debated for a very long time, but personally I feel a person has a god given right to defend themselves and their family, friends or any innocent for that matter. They should be permitted to be in possesion of a insturment capable of carrying out this important task. If you say we shouldn't think of it as this way. Your sleeping when a homicidal maniac breaks into your house with a knife or someother kind of weapon. What do you do? If you had a gun this problem could be resolved much easier than if you did not...How ever the possession of a fully automatic orheavily explosive weaponry is not really needed unless under certain circumstances or permitted by the Government.Bill Sponsored :

HB53 "Capitalize Your Punishment. Cosponsors:,KAlbrecht, SNowak, I am sponsoring this bill because I beileve that the death penalty should be enforced across the United States and that it is the best thing to do for the criminal and for the victim or victim(s).

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Ten sources that I mainly used to find information:
[] "Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. In what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia."

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