Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares released a 69-page report on the Virginia Parole Board Wednesday.

Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea is resigning from the Virginia Parole Board after eight years of service.

Republican State Senator Steve Newman is expressing frustration over the Virginia Parole Board. In a post on Facebook Wednesday, Newman talks about a previously leaked email chain that allegedly shows a conversation between the former parole board chairwoman and a board employee. This week, Jennifer Moschetti, a state investigator working on the probe into the parole board was fired. For privacy reasons, OSIG cannot comment on personnel matters and investigations.”10 News also reached out to Roanoke City Mayor Sherman Lea, who serves on the parole board. He said the Code of Virginia prohibits him from talking about matters related to parole.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg’s commonwealth attorney says she’s disappointed in Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments in support of the Virginia Parole Board’s decisions. Northam was asked Thursday about the Board’s recent vote to grant Gregory Joyner parole. Northam said he has confidence in the board because they look at each case individually. “He expressed no sympathy, no care or concern for the victim’s surviving family members, or any care or concern for anyone out of any of these cases who had to live in the wake or aftermath or someone else’s violent offense,” said Bethany Harrison, Lynchburg commonwealth attorney.

GOP leaders said all current Parole Board members should resign, or be fired by Gov. Republicans also want Martins parole immediately repealed and Martin returned to prison to await a new boards decision on whether he should be set free. Alena Yarmosky, Northam's spokeswoman, said the review was procedural and had nothing to do with the merits of the decision to release Martin, who served a 40-year sentence. Governor Northam has spoken with the new Chair of the Parole Board, and reiterated that he expects all notification procedures to be followed, period, Yarmosky's statement said. The things she did, the things this parole board did to us, and theres no recourse, Maureen Clements, one of Connors sisters, said in an interview.