“The newly enhanced secrecy behind Virginia’s capital punishment protocols underscores a legacy of death born in institutionalized racism that upcoming executions — including that of Ivan Teleguz, scheduled April 25 — do not just prolong, but exacerbate. “In March 1879, after years of tolerating party atmospheres accompanying the public executions of blacks, Virginia first moved … Continue reading Dale Brumfield column: Virginia’s dark legacy of secrecy about executions