The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States.
[1][2] Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male.
Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond.
After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent executions were carried out at Greensville Correctional Center.