VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Two Virginia women, whose family members were murdered decades apart, want changes to state law after the killers became eligible for annual parole hearings.

The women say notifications from the Virginia Parole Board force them to relive the trauma each year.

They are part of a number of victims' families who argue that Virginia's parole and geriatric conditional release laws prioritize the rights of violent offenders over the well-being of the victims and their families.

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Georgiann Allen's brother, Harry Shouse, was murdered in 1994 by Carl Griffey in Chesapeake.

Since 2009, she has received an annual notice

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