Fairfax Co. creates Conviction Integrity Unit to prove it’s committed to reexamining “cases to see if a mistake has been made, and to free an innocent person.” Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano doesn’t want an innocent person to spend time in prison, so his office has created a Conviction Integrity Unit to provide a way…
A judge upheld the firearm conviction of a former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer, who shot and killed a suspected shoplifter outside Tysons Corner Center in February 2023. A judge upheld the firearm conviction of a former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer, who shot and killed a suspected shoplifter outside Tysons Corner Center in February…
Prosecutors say police acted reasonably when they shot and killed a man who attacked an officer and tried to take his gun. FILE – Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, identified the man they said attacked an officer inside a cruiser before being shot by responding officers as 38-year-old Newport News resident Brandon Lemagne.(WTOP/Scott Gelman) FILE…
