Capital Punishment - Virginia has the second highest number of executions in the country. The state has executed 98 people between 1973-2006. p. 105

Immigration Detention - In two separate detention facilities in Virginia, a man from Sierra Leone and a woman from Barbados died in custody after failing to receive medicine for pre-existing medical conditions. p. 100

Exploitation of Women Workers by Diplomats - Three women who were trafficked to the U.S. were enslaved and abused by a Kuwaiti diplomat and his wife living in McLean, Virginia. In Sabbithi, et. al. v. Al-Saleh, et. al. , the ACLU sued the country of Kuwait as well as the diplomat, and is proceeding with the case. The ACLU also brought the case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. p. 117