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By DONALD DEL ROSSO
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RICHMOND — Del. Raymond R. “Andy” Guest (R-Fauquier/Rappahannock/Clarke/W arren) thinks adults convicted of selling “mqjor mind altering” drugs to minors should be “wiped out.”
The House minority leader expects to introduce a bill this week that would mandate the execution of such first-time offenders.
“Mqjor mind altering” drugs include heroin, cocaine and crack, he said. Del. Guest said the bill will be referred to the House Courts of Justice Committee where “it might be a shocking idea for them.”
In an interview, he warned that Virginia needed to get tougher with drug dealers because Florida and other Gulf states are making it harder for them to do business there.
This new assertiveness among such states will force the drug dealers north, Del. Guest insisted.
“(That’s why) we better be ready for them and have a message waiting for them when they get here: You mess with our kids, especially, and we’re going to kill you,” he said.
A few area legislators interviewed said they agreed that adults convicted of selling hard drugs to minors should be executed. But most also doubted the bill would get out of committee.
Senate minority leader William A. Truban (R-Fauquier/Clarke/Shenandoah/Warren) said captial punishment would be too severe for first offenders.
When told of the bill, Del. Thomas M. Moncure (R-Fau-quier/Stafford) said, “Wonderful idea, but a little unconstitutional. Something about due process of law.”
He elaborated: “It’s a question of appropriateness under the circumstances.”
Del. Moncure, a practicing lawyer, said the legislature probably
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