"Virginia should roll back the punitive influence of prosecutors and victims on parole decisions"
The title of this post is the headline of this new Washington Post op-ed by Nora Demleitner. Here are excerpts:
The Virginia Parole Board scandal gets worse by the day. The board stands accused of disregarding state law and its own procedures to facilitate the parole release of a few incarcerated men.
A watchdog report alleges that the board failed to consider the required input from victim families and did not inform them and prosecutors…