Convicted killer Jesse Matthew transferred to lower-security prison
Read full article: Convicted killer Jesse Matthew transferred to lower-security prisonJesse Matthew, who was convicted in the killings of Morgan Harrington and Hannah Graham, has been transferred to a lower-security facility, the Virginia Department of Corrections confirms.
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Virginia Crime Commission studying expansion of DNA database
Read full article: Virginia Crime Commission studying expansion of DNA databaseThe Virginia Crime Commission will study other states to determine whether to expand the DNA database to include those convicted of a class one misdemeanor. On one side, Gil Harrington, whose daughter was killed in 2009 by a man she believes would have already been in jail had this database expansion been in place. Morgan's mother Gil says, in the argument over DNA database expansion, that's all the evidence she needs. She's concerned about the previous expansion of the database that's already taken place. "What we're all trying to do is find the truth and keep people safer here in Virginia," said Harrington.
