A Virginia judge will consider evidence in the years-long legal effort to exonerate one of the two men convicted of killing a Waverly police officer in 1998. Terence Richardson is serving life in prison despite being found not guilty of that murder.
In a request pending in Virginia’s courts, previous Attorney General Mark Herring sided with two men seeking to prove their innocence in the 1998 killing of a Waverly police officer
In a request pending in Virginia’s courts, previous Attorney General Mark Herring sided with two men seeking to prove their innocence in the 1998 killing of a Waverly police officer
In 1998, Richardson and Claiborne were charged in connection with the shooting death of Waverly Police Officer Allen Gibson. The men took plea deals for lesser charges at the time because they feared facing a jury in Waverly with the death penalty on the table, according to their attorney.
Chesterfield mother reacts to âdevastatingâ prison sentence
âIt was bad enough it was dragged on and we had to sit there and tell how it impacted our life, but it was an impact to injury that they only gave him 6 years,â Christina Parhamâs mother, Chaundreka Williams, said.
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. A Petersburg man was sentenced to prison time for eluding police during a high-speed chase, which ended with the death of a 5-year-old girl.
On Wednesday, Sussex County Circuit Court Judge Carson Saunders Jr. sentenced Toriando Smith, 31, to six years in prison for his role in the Spring Break 2019 crash.