Gov. Bob McDonnell will not intervene in Jens Soering’s plea for parole.
A lawyer for Soering, a German national serving life sentences in Virginia for two murders, wrote to McDonnell earlier this year asking for the prisoner to be paroled and deported.
The governor announced today that he will not intervene and thinks Soering should serve his entire term.
“At the request of Soering’s attorney, I have reviewed Soering’s request for parole, and nothing in the information provided by Soering or his attorney provides any basis for me to doubt the judgment of the jury in this case or the veracity of Soering’s own confessions,” McDonnell said in a statement.
“Under Virginia law, the Parole Board is responsible for determining whether parole should be granted. With this in mind and based on my review, I decline to intervene.”
He went on to say that “to the extent that Soering’s petition is a request for a pardon or any other form of clemency, that request is also denied. Consistent with my statement last year denying his transfer to Germany, it is imperative that Soering serve out his punishment in the commonwealth of Virginia.”
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Bob McDonnell for President in 2011!!!
Ever notice the farther you go down on the list of posts, the fewer comments there are?
Attention span deficient?
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