UVA School of Law: New Virginia Legislation Compensates Wrongfully Convicted Innocence Clinic Client
Gilbert Merritt III spent two decades in a jail cell for a murder he did not commit. Now, Virginia will provide compensation for the many years he lost and make it easier for him and others who were convicted of crimes due to malicious actions by public employees to receive additional funds from the state. […]
Courthouse News: Virginia Democrats take aim at gun control vetoes during reconvene session
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Democrats in Virginia’s House of Delegates in a reconvene session Wednesday strategically selected 13 of 157 vetoes by Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin in an attempt to override, despite the near certainty that their slim majority wouldn’t have the necessary votes. The 13 bills allowed Democrats to speak on increasing gun control, […]
