US Death Penalty Total Stuck at 999 since 1976

Governor Mark Warner (D) of Virginia has decided to commute the death sentence of Robin Lovitt, who was scheduled to be the 1000th person to be executed by the Government since the Supreme Court reinstated the practice in the 1976 Gregg v. Georgia case. As an opponent to the death penalty, I hope that the Governor of California follows the lead of the Governor of Virginia and commutes Stanley "Tookie" Williams' death sentence also.