Re: More Virginia "justice"

On 2008-02-08, Keith F. Lynch <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I just read about Arthur Whitfield.  DNA evidence proved he was
> innocent of the two rapes he had spent 23 years in a Virginia prison
> for.  Fortunately, since the crimes were before 1995, that meant he
> could be paroled.  (People convicted of more recent crimes in Virginia
> cannot be.)  So he was.
>
> But he's still a convicted felon and a registered *** offender.
> Governor Kaine refuses to given him a pardon.  And he has no legal
> recourse due to Virginia's infamous 21 day rule.
>
> This was covered, not in a Virginia newspaper, but in an Ohio one.
> See http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories
> /2008/01/30/DNA_4.ART_ART_01-30-08_A1_U895I10.html?sid=101
> Or just Google on his name.
>
> Does anyone still think government is on our side?

The Virginia government?  Certainly not.  But there is a great deal of
state-to-state variation.

-- 
Aaron Denney
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