This may be the one and only time I agree with the AG. Someone must have taken leave of their senses.
Jens Soering was convicted of the 1985 murder of Bedford couple Derek and Nancy Haysom in their Bedford County home. Soering’s girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom is currently in prison for her role in the murder of her parents. Soering, a German citizen, is currently serving 2 life sentences. Background information from the Roanoke Times:
RICHMOND — Gov. Tim Kaine has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to approve the transfer of Jens Soering — who is serving two life sentences for the 1985 murders of a Bedford County couple — to a prison in his native Germany.
Kaine, who leaves office Saturday, approved the transfer request by Soering’s attorney this week after earlier denying a clemency petition from the former University of Virginia honor student. Soering, the son of a retired German diplomat, received consecutive life sentences for the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend’s parents in their Boonsboro home. The case attracted international media attention and Soering has maintained his innocence nearly a quarter century after the murders.
