The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation this week that lawmakers said will increase transparency and equity in the judicial system, which disproportionately impacts communities of color. The bills, introduced by Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, and Del. Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, will create a centralized, publicly-accessible data collection system on pretrial detention.
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The Virginia House of Delegates Thursday advanced legislation from House Majority Leader Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) that would require state localities to form law enforcement civilian review boards to address possible cases of officer misconduct. Such boards have been one of the key demands from protesters during the recent social justice
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By a 13-8 vote, the Courts Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates advanced a bill Wednesday that would implement a system of automatic expungement from a person’s record for certain criminal convictions, deferred dispositions, acquittals, and offenses that have been nolle prossed (or dismissed). The crime commission had
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