Dale Brumfield was field director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty from 2017-2022. He is also a journalist and the author of 12 books. His website is www.dalebrumfield.net.
Recently honored by Death Penalty Focus for his critical part in the successful campaign to end the use of capital punishment in Virginia, Dale Brumfield has now given us a two-fer, a two-part monograph explaining how Virginia became the execution capital of America and how state killing was finally abolished there. -Mike Farrell, actor and President of the Board of Directors of Death Penalty Focus I applaud the Commonwealth of Virginia for abolishing the death penalty and congratulate Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, the Virginia Interfaith Center, the Virginia ACLU, the Catholic Conference, bill patrons Del. Mike Mullin and Sen. Scott Surovell, the capital defense attorneys, vigil attendees, and all donors and supporters over the years who never gave up hope. -Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States (1994), The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions (2004), and River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey (2019).