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With few ways for prisoners to qualify for early release, Virginia has one of the lowest rates of parole in the country – a position which levies significant cost on taxpayers and keeps prisons full.
The Virginia Parole Board voted 3-0 last month to grant conditional freedom to Finney-Smith’s father, Elbert Smith Jr., who has been incarcerated for the last 28 years and four months of Dorian’s 30-year life.
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“I was pleased that the General Assembly approved nearly all my recommendations during the Reconvene Session,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Friday.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants the law to require the Virginia Parole Board to notify local prosecutors before an inmate is paroled.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants the law to require the Virginia Parole Board to notify local prosecutors before an inmate is paroled.