Virginia attorney general accuses former parole chief of misconduct

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Virginia Attorney Gen. Jason S. Miyares (R) released a 69-page report Wednesday detailing previous criticisms of the former state parole board chairwoman.

Miyares says that some of the chairwoman’s violations could have been subject to prosecution but notes the statute of limitations has run out.fulfills a request from Gov. Glenn Youngkin , who like Miyares campaigned on promising to clean house at the board over allegations about its conduct during the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest report from Miyares offers more details, charging that 130 of the released inmates had been convicted of violent crimes. He said the parole board failed to properly notify victims or their families 83 times in March and April of that year.The report says the board failed to properly notify local commonwealth’s attorneys 66 times during that period.

Virginia abolished parole in 1995, but people convicted of crimes before that date were still eligible for early release. Those who remained in prison in 2020 were serving lengthy sentences, often for violent crimes.

 

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