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Innocent kid? Davis clemency petition inches toward governor Published on Mar 29th, 2012 8 comments While Michael Hash recently was freed after a judge's ruling of police and prosecutorial misconduct, another Central Virginian controversially convicted as a teen remains in prison, waiting for his...
Case not closed: Special prosecutor named in Crozet murders Published on Jul 9th, 2011 8 comments New allegations and a pending a clemency petition have prompted the naming of a special prosecutor in the case of Robert Davis, currently jailed for a 2003 double murder in Crozet that he (as well as...
Double recantation: Is an innocent man in jail for the Crozet murders? Published on Jun 8th, 2011 11 comments It was the crime that rocked Crozet: a mother found stabbed to death in bed, her three-year-old son dead from the smoke of a cover-up fire. Amid whispers of witchcraft, four neighborhood teens were...
Gov. Kaine pardons 3 of Norfolk Four Published on Aug 6th, 2009 1 comments The Hook's April 10, 2008, cover story on the Norfolk Four Governor Tim Kaine granted conditional pardons August 6 to three of the four men convicted for the rape and murder of 18-year-old...
Wrong(ed) man: Earl Washington awarded $2.25 million Published on May 11th, 2006 0 comments "What is one of the worst nightmares you can imagine?" Peter Neufeld asked the jury in his closing argument. "For Earl Washington, it wasn't a nightmare– it was a reality." The latest chapter...