Gov. Spanberger's Woke Parole Board Is Set to Release the Ocean
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It takes a special kind of callousness to look a murdered woman’s family in the eye and let the killer out anyway. That is exactly what Virginia’s parole board did with Troy Demar, and Governor Spanberger owns it. Her appointees have spent their tenure proving they care more about appearing enlightened than protecting the people who put them in office.
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger made a point to appoint a bunch of woke, soft-on-crime leftists to the state's parole board, and they've done nothing but release violent criminals back into the community.
This includes Troy Demar, who murdered mom Christine Allen in 1998, when Allen's daughter was just three months old. Allen's family begged them not to release Demar, but the Democrats in Richmond did not care about their pain or justice.
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It takes a special kind of callousness to look a murdered woman’s family in the eye and let the killer out anyway. That is exactly what Virginia’s parole board did with Troy Demar, and Governor Spanberger owns it. Her appointees have spent their tenure proving they care more about appearing enlightened than protecting the people who put them in office.
Demar beat Christine Allen to death in 1998. Her daughter was three months old. That little girl grew up without a mother because of him, and now she gets to wonder if she’ll run into him at the grocery store. The family did what any of us would do. They begged, they testified, they explained what this man took from them. Richmond Democrats listened, then said no thanks.
The woke parole board chose the inmate's comfort over the victim's family. That's not criminal justice reform. That's just cruelty with a sociology degree. Spanberger ran as a moderate, but this is her record: stacking a board with soft-on-crime ideologues who treat murderers like they're the real victims. The people of Virginia didn't ask for this. They asked for safety, and they got a press release about rehabilitation.
Demar's release wasn't a paperwork accident. It was a deliberate choice. The board knew exactly what he did. The family told them. And they decided a murderer deserves another chance, while Christine Allen gets none. Spanberger can offer all the apologies she wants, but this is who she is. The next election is a chance for Virginians to remind her that some doors should stay locked.
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