RICHMOND — The facts behind a tragic case being wielded by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares in his bid for re-election appear to be misleading at best.
For close to two months, Miyares has campaigned on the 2023 death of Lindsey Braun, a nurse practitioner who was struck by a car while backing out of her driveway in South Richmond.
Miyares has spotlighted the driver, Tabias McClain, as having been released early because of policies authored by Virginia Democrats in 2020. One reform in particular, enhanced earned sentence credits, allowed for some well-behaved prisoners to be released sooner. McClain, Miyares said, was one of those recipients.
But a review of state laws and sentencing records related to the case found that McClain should not have qualified for the program.
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