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RICHMOND â Virginia lawmakers demanded answers Wednesday from Gov. Ralph Northamâs administration and the stateâs government watchdog agency following a news report that raised new questions about the state parole boardâs handling of the case of a man convicted of killing a Richmond police officer.
Richmond TV station WTVR reported Tuesday night that it had obtained a previously unreleased version of an investigative report produced by the Office of the State Inspector General into the case of Vincent Martin. Martin was released last year after serving four decades in prison for the 1979 killing of Officer Michael Connors.
Greene intends to sue the city for wrongful termination, defamation, conspiracy and interfering with her contract, according to a letter sent to the city last month.
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RICHMOND, Va. (CN) Virginia Republican legislators are pushing for new transparency requirements in the state’s parole system after the agency tasked with doling out the rare reward for good behavior made several missteps during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
But conversations about the state’s parole system, technically abolished in the ’90s as part of a nationwide tough on crime movement, are being welcomed by those on the left, now in control of the state’s legislative and executive branches, who have long desired changes to the system.