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Anti-Parole Whistleblower Prompts Investigation of Virginia Parole Board
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2021
by Casey Bastian
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2021, page 60
Filed under:
Parole Board Misconduct.
Location:
Virginia.
by Casey J. Bastian
Following a series of complaints resulting from the parole of 329 Virginia state prisoners in 2020, a whistleblower released several emails sent between members of the Virginia Parole Board (“VPB”) employees. The leaked emails were clearly intended to discredit the Parole Board, and likely the entire ...
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