RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Monday denied a last-minute attempt to delay the execution of a convicted serial killer who says that his life should be spared because he is intellectually disabled. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in this week, Alfredo Prieto will be the first Virginia inmate to be executed in nearly three years Thursday. Prieto's attorneys had asked the Democratic governor to grant a temporary reprieve of his execution so he could be transferred to California, where they hoped to argue that he's ineligible for the death penalty because he is intellectually disabled. But McAuliffe said Monday that he won't intervene in the case, noting that state...
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