By PATRICK WILSON AND MARK BOWES
Richmond Times-Dispatch
RICHMOND â Two state senators want a select committee formed to investigate âserious damaging allegationsâ of wrongdoing by the Virginia Parole Board following a revelation this week of new documents related to how the board handled the release of a man who killed a Richmond police officer in 1979.
WTVR-TV in Richmond reported Tuesday on the previously unreleased records from the Office of the State Inspector General, the watchdog agency that found last year that the parole board and its former chairwoman violated state law and board policies in granting release to Vincent Martin.
Senators make bipartisan call for new investigation of Parole Board following report
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SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE | Associated Press
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.