Entries tagged with “Joseph Giarratano”
Innocence
,Representation
,Oct 15, 2024
Joseph Giarratano, Former Death Row Prisoner and Prison Reform Advocate, Has Died
Joseph Giarratano (pictured, center) died on October 6, 2024. He had spent nearly forty years in prison, many of them on death row, for a crime he maintained he did not commit. During his time behind bars, he sought to improve prison conditions and secure access to attorneys. After being paroled in 2017, he worked at the University of Virginia’s Innocence Project, continuing his work to assist incarcerated…
Policy Issues
Sentencing Alternatives
,Apr 23, 2020
Release of Former Virginia Death-Row Prisoner Delayed as Police Protest Grant of Parole
The release of a former Virginia death-row prisoner has been delayed after police organizations demanded an inquiry into the Virginia Parole Board decision to grant parole to Vincent Lamont Martin (pictured), convicted of the 1979 murder of a Richmond police…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Death Row Overview
,Nov 21, 2017
Ex-Virginia Death-Row Prisoner With Strong Claim of Innocence Get Parole After 38 Years
Joseph M. Giarratano (pictured), a former Virginia death-row prisoner who came within two days of execution, has been been granted parole after 38 years in jail for a rape and double murder that lawyers and supporters have long said he did not…