[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----VIRGINIA

[Rick Halperin]

June 13




VIRGINIA----impending execution

Urgent Action

DELUSIONAL DISORDER DIAGNOSED, EXECUTION SET

William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national, is due to be executed in 
Virginia on 6 July. A psychiatrist has diagnosed him with delusional disorder, 
and concluded that this contributed to the
crimes for which he was sentenced to death. The jury was not told that he had 
this serious mental disability.

Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

  *  Calling for commutation of William Morva’s death sentence and medical care 
for his mental
     disability;

  *  Noting the diagnosis of delusional disorder, but that the jurors were told 
he had a less serious
     mental disability and did not experience delusions, denying them a full 
picture of who they were being asked to sentence;

  *  Explaining that you are not seeking to downplay the seriousness of violent 
crime or its
     consequences.

Friendly reminder: If you send an email, please create your own instead of 
forwarding this one!

Contact below official by 6 July, 2017 (by 22 June if possible, in case of 
early decision):


Governor Terry McAuliffe, Common Ground for Virginia
P.O. Box 1475, Richmond, VA 23218, USA
Phone: +1 804-786-2211  |  Fax: +1 804-371-6531
Email (via website):
https://governor.virginia.gov/constituent-services/communicating-with-the-governors-office/
Twitter: @TerryMcAuliffe
Salutation: Dear Governor


Note: The Governor’s contact form requires a US-based address and telephone 
number in order to submit an appeal. We encourage you to use the comment form 
on their website, and if you are based outside of the US, to instead use AI 
USA’s New York contact details as your address/telephone number:

Amnesty International USA New York Office
5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY, 10001, USA
Phone: 212.633.4187