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Those incarcerated in Virginia before 1995 typically only have one option to get out of jail early: the governor has to grant them clemency. As Governor Ralph Northam enters his last full month in office, his time to make those decisions is running out.
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Governor Ralph Northam pardoned seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman in Martinsville Tuesday morning, citing a lack of due process and disproportionate, racially-based sentencing.
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Virginia’s parole board won’t say how many people have filed petitions for a pardon, but it appears the state is overwhelmed, with some individuals…
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Virginia begins this year with about 30,000 citizens behind bars. Experts say 4 to 7 percent were wrongfully convicted, but state law makes it nearly…
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Just before leaving office, former Governor Terry McAuliffe pardoned six people serving time in Virginia prisons. Sandy Hausman reports on why he decided…