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Lawyers try to save mentally ill killer from death penalty

Attorneys for a convicted killer are asking Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to commute their client's sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole because he has a mental illness. William Morva killed two men during an escape from custody in 2006. Justin Ward of CBS affiliate WDBJ-TV reports.
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