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| VA Inmates Sue State Over Parole Denial |
| By hamptonroads.com |
| Published: 03/08/2010 |
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Henry Stump is quick to smile, even though he's spent all but one of his adult years in prison and is now pushing 50. His face betrays no anger when he talks about being denied parole 18 times since 1991. More than anything, Stump is puzzled. He cannot understand why the Virginia Department of Corrections continues to groom him for freedom -- offering an array of rehabilitative programs that he has taken at every opportunity -- only to keep him locked up. "My crime is a cancer, but I've been cured," said Stump, who as a drunken 19-year-old killed a bootlegger in Russell County after the man refused to sell him another pint of liquor. "I've went through all the treatment; I've taken all the chemo that the system has to offer," Stump said during a recent interview at the Powhatan Correctional Center, where he is serving a 93-year sentence. Stump is a relic of old laws that make him eligible for early release. He was already in prison when the General Assembly abolished parole in 1995, and was not affected by the changes. Read More. |
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