Harward receives a writ of actual innocence from SCOVA
~ Attorney General had filed a brief supporting Harward’s efforts to be declared innocent based on new DNA evidence that showed he was innocent and positively identified the actual perpetrator ~...
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AG Mark Herring issues official opinion on LGBT discrimination
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring RICHMOND, Va. (May 10, 2016) – In an official opinion issued today, May 10, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Mark Herring, has concluded...
View ArticleOpinion by federal judge rules against fracking regulation
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 – Late Tuesday, a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District Court of Wyoming, ruled that the Interior Department does not have the...
View ArticleSen. Warner, Kaine, AG Mark Herring on SCOTUS decision striking down abortion...
Attorney General Mark R. Herring issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision today in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The Court found that certain restrictions imposed on...
View ArticleSuspension of driver’s license for inability to pay court fines unconstitutional
Nov. 14 The Department of Justice has now filed a brief and assigned attorneys in support of repealing the practice of suspending Virginia drivers licenses when a person is unable to pay court fines...
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Governor McAuliffe proposes criminal justice reforms
Governor Terry McAuliffe For the General Assembly 2017 session that begins January 5 Governor Terry McAuliffe proposes a legislative package that includes reforming driver license suspensions,...
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Criminal Law Subcommittee takes up swearing in public
Delegate Michael Webert (R-18) will save all you Virginians from a Class 4 misdemeanor for cursing in public. Bet you didn’t know you could be arrested for cursing out loud. I mean I’m sure you never...
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AG Mark Herring pens letter asking for additional information on Virginia...
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring RICHMOND (January 29, 2017)–Attorney General Mark R. Herring has formally requested additional information from the federal government on any detentions in...
View ArticleMario Dillard to spend 35 years in federal prison on child pornography charges
DANVILLE, VIRGINIA – A Martinsville man, who produced images and videos of himself raping a four-year-old girl, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of...
View ArticleVirginia AG Mark Herring argues nation’s first hearing against immigration ban
ALEXANDRIA (February 10, 2017) – Today Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his team made the nation’s first arguments in federal district court on why President Donald Trump’s immigration ban should...
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