Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano has announced the creation of the county’s first-ever Conviction ...

Imagine spending years in prison for a crime you didn’t commit. Fairfax County is taking a big step to prevent that from ...

A new partnership has been formed to review criminal convictions in Fairfax County. FOX 5's David Kaplan has the story.

Wrongful convictions undermine public trust in the justice system and have devastating impacts on defendants, their families, ...

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said he hoped the initiative will help to foster public trust in the ...

Fairfax Co. creates Conviction Integrity Unit to prove it’s committed to reexamining “cases to see if a mistake has been made, and to free an innocent person.” ...

“This Conviction Integrity Unit turned into one of those things that, hell or high water, this was going to happen. And I’m glad we’re at that point now.” Descano said turning the idea ...

Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced Monday a partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) ...

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Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Jones said she plans to recruit, hire and train more prosecutors and improve data ...