Senate Bill 1393 (Sen. Saslaw) would allow the Department of Corrections to contract with compounding pharmacies to make up drugs for use in lethal injection and would exempt from public disclosure laws the manufacturer of and the materials and components used to create the drugs.

The bill, sponsored by Delegate Mark Cole of Spotsylvania County, supported by allies from all sides of the political spectrum, including the Virginia Tea Party Federation.

The pardon of Reginald “Neli” Latson comes as a result of outreach by the ACLU of Virginia, other advocacy organizations, and the public.

Under the settlement agreement, the City has agreed that text messages sent and received in the course of public business will be stored and made available upon request as “public records” under applicable law.

Today, the ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to Governor Terry McAuliffe asking him to review the case of Reginald "Neli" Latson, a young man with intellectual and developmental disabilities who has been held in solitary confinement in a state correctional facility for almost a year.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia today praised the McAuliffe administration’s commitment to restoring the rights of all disenfranchised Virginians and the establishment of a much easier application process for individuals convicted of more serious felonies.

A letter from ACLU of Virginia to members of the Virginia State Crime Commission recommends against any legislation to criminalize teenage sexting, saying it would raise serious constitutional concerns and also result in feeding many more Virginia teens into the school-to-prison pipeline