Court To Reconsider Case of VA Men Sentenced to Life, Despite Jury’s Not-Guilty Verdict
Terrence Richardson with mother Annie Westbrook (left), Ferrone Claiborne and his mother (right). (Photos courtesy the the law offices of Jarrett Adams, PLLC)
The Virginia Court of Appeals will consider the case of two men serving life in prison for the murder of a police officer, despite a federal jury’s ‘not guilty’ verdict. It’s a complicated case that highlights how federal and state criminal prosecutions are intertwined.
An attorney for the men is asking why the state hasn’t stepped in to investigate the conviction.