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Virginia Supreme Court approves ‘Waverly Two’ appeal
By George Copeland Jr.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has approved a hearing for an appeal that could lead to the exoneration of a Sussex County man sentenced to life in jail for a murder he was acquitted of decades earlier.
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Last Friday, New York Attorney Jarrett Adams announced that the Supreme Court had granted an appeal for a petition filed by Terrence Richardson, who was sentenced to life with Ferrone
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Claiborne for the murder of Waverly County Police Officer Allen W. Gibson in 1998.
The decision came 10 days after Mr. Adams, who represents the families of Mr. Richardson and Mr. Claiborne, presented his arguments for an evidentiary hearing to three Supreme Court justices.
“Arguments are subject to the Court’s docketing, but Mr. Richardson is hopeful that his case
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But Ms. Hudacsko was critical of the “hostile and toxic environment that some members of the RPS School Board have created and actively perpetuate on a daily basis . . .,” and said the students ultimately pay the price for the often adversarial interactions between some members of the School Board and Mr. Kamras.
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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff
The Associated Press CHICAGO
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation’s third largest city.
Mr. Vallas, a former schools CEO backed by the police union, and Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, advanced to the April 4 runoff after none of the nine candidates was able to secure more than 50 percent of the vote on
Tuesday to win outright.
Ms. Lightfoot, the first Black woman and first openly gay person to lead the city, won ing to various news sources. Photos were posted on the mayor’s social media pages, which the Free Press was given permission to publish.
“The only other info I have is that the wedding took place last Thursday afternoon in Charleston, S.C.,” said Mayor Stoney’s spokesman Jim Nolan. Best wishes to the happy couple.
