Hold VA’s Dem-Controlled Parole Board Accountable

[PeteS in CA]

Hold VA’s Dem-Controlled Parole Board Accountable

https://townhall.com/columnists/gabriellahoffman/2021/04/02/hold-vas-demcontrolled-parole-board-accountable-n2587318

Scandal has befallen the Virginia Parole Board, and it’s finally coming to light.

Recent investigations into the Parole Board—which operates in secret and conceals records from the public—reveal board members violated its rules granting parole to convicted killers serving life sentences. Worse, the five-member board—all Democrats—decided this without informing victims' families and state prosecutors beforehand.
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Last spring, the agency first drew criticism after approving the early release of Vincent Martin—a convicted cop killer who only served 40 years of his life sentence. The board did so without first alerting state prosecutors or victims’ families.
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Parole in Virginia, Doughtery noted, was abolished in 1995 "as a part of then-Gov. George Allen’s Truth in Sentencing initiative. The law requires that a felon serve at least 85 percent of his or her sentence before being considered for parole."
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However, Martin wasn’t the only convicted killer released on parole.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found repeated violations of “law and policy in at least eight other parole decisions involving convicted killers.” The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported:
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Jennifer A. Moschetti, former senior investigator in the Office of the State Inspector, was revealed to be the lead person behind the “unseen draft report into the parole of Vincent Martin”—blowing a lid on the Parole Board’s misconduct. 

After a brief suspension, Moschetti was later fired by her boss, state Inspector General Michael Westfall, on March 22nd. Why? She filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging misconduct in the investigation into the Parole Board.