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CRIME LINE.
THE FATE OF A MAN- STILL
IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE
DID NOT COMMIT- IS NOW
IN THE HANDS OF GOVERNOR
BOB MCDONNELL.
WE FIRST REPORTED ON WAVY
DOT COM ---
THE GOVERNOR NOW HAS A
PETITION FOR A
CONDITIONAL PARDON FOR
JONATHAN MONTGOMERY.
ANDY FOX HAS BEEN
DEVELOPMENT.
AND HAS MORE ON WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY?
WE ALL KNOW THE LEGAL
TRAGEDY. A WOMAN ACCUSED
MONTGOMERY OF A
*** ASSAULT, A JUDGE
BELEIVED THE ACCUSER AND
MONTGOMERY A 7 AND A HALF
OVER FOUR YEARS INTO THAT
SENTENCE
THE ACCUSER ADMITS SHE
LIED, A JUDGE VACATES
THE SENTENCE AND
ORDERS MONTGOMERY FREED.
11 FULL DAYS AFTER THAT
PRISON
DURING THIS LONG PROCESS
TO FREE JONATHAN
FASTEST WAY TO GO.
CLEAR MONTGOMERY'S
RECORD (12;53 11) ((ON
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS GET
HIS PIT [PRISON WHILE WE
FILE AN ACTUAL WRIT OF
CONDITIONAL PARDON,
SAID YESTERDAY IN
RICHMOND. (5;41)
((I WOULD LIKE NOTHING
MORE TO GET IT TODAY AND
I WILL MAKE THE
FASTEST DECISION BASED ON
THE FACTS AND THE LAW))
RUNS;10 IT IS CLEAR
CONTINUING MEDIA COVERAGE
LIED AND SENT AN INNOCENT
MAN TO JAIL HAS
APPLIED PRESSURE TO GET
SOMETHING DONE FAST.
UNUSUAL TO GET INVOLVE
DIN THE CASE WHERE A
JUDGE HAS ALREADY FOUND A
HIS RELEASE I THINK THAT
IS A HUGE REASON FOR THE
RANDOLPH WEST ERRED IN
RELEASE AFTER THE
RECANTATION WAS MADE BY
ELIZABETH COAST. (15:36
11) ((EVEN THOUGH THE
PROCESS THAT WENT THROUGH
THERE WASN'T THE CORRECT
I THINK THERE EVERYONE
IS SENSITIVE TO THE FACT
AND WE NEED TO MOVE
OUT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE)) RUNS: 13
THE CONDITIONAL PARDON IS
AN ACT BY THE GOVERNOR TO
MODIFY OR END A
SENTENCE IMPOSED BY THE
GRANTS IT ONLY
WHEN THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE OF EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCE. THAT IS
CERTAINLY THIS CASE.
A VIRGINIA BEACH
BABYSITTER, CHARGED WITH
ABUSE AND NEGLECT