Law

Terrence Richardson is one of two Black men sentenced to life in prison for the murder - despite a federal jury finding them not guilty of the crime.

Rep. Don Beyer of Northern Virginia is among the many Democrats disappointed by a draft opinion showing the U.S. Supreme Court has tentatively voted to strike down its 49-year-old Roe v. Wade decision establishing a right to an abortion.

Virginia Democrats clambered to accuse Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares of hypocrisy this week - after learning his office signed a plea agreement with a former sheriff’s deputy and convicted sex offender.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has offered a slate of new appointees to fill vacancies on the Virginia Parole Board. This comes almost a month after the Democrat-controlled Senate voted to block Youngkin’s first round of appointees.

Selecting judges in Virginia is a constitutional duty that involves high-stakes political wrangling - it’s made worse this year by a divided legislature as members of both parties blame the other for refusing to negotiate.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin met with stakeholders to talk about facial recognition technology legislation that he is deciding whether to sign into law. The bill would allow law enforcement to use photos from Facebook and Instagram to help track down crime suspects and even identify victims.

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) recently said Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson “detests the constitution” and essentially thinks there should be no restrictions on abortion.

Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson would be not only the first Black woman to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court, but also the first to have experience defending clients who can’t afford a lawyer in criminal cases.

A Richmond judge tossed out an age-discrimination lawsuit brought by a Virginia Commonwealth University student. The doctoral student says she was treated differently than her younger peers and forced to withdraw from her program after being accused of plagiarism.

Despite freezing temperatures and light snowfall Saturday, protesters gathered outside a Family Dollar store in Richmond to protest the corporation’s role in the arrest and assault of Alecia Nelson.