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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

15 Mar 1979

Page 6

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Winchester Evening Star

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Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1979

Page

6

Virginia jails crowded as costs rise warns lawmaker

Virginia lawmakers warn jails are over capacity with 4 961 inmates just after 1977. Delegate Ray Ashworth cites 5 300 detainees in early 1976 and urges more state funding for local facilities while calling for crime reduction to ease prison crowding. Federal case settles for 20000 after inmate rape at Petersburg reformatory.

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Waynesboro Virginia Ray Ashworth Sussex Richmond Federal Reformatory Petersburg American Civil Liberties Union Robert Kepner U. S. Bureau of Prisons Reformatory Here ACLU Kepner Morgantown W. Va Ashworth Augusta County Roanoke City Norfolk Suffolk
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Teen’s Life Sentence For Downtown Bus Station Killing

Trammell, 18, was sentenced in circuit court after pleading guilty to the fatal stabbing of Thomas Browning during a Nov 3 robbery at the Trailways bus station in downtown. He also received multi‑year terms for robbery and stabbing of a cab driver, with the judge citing his age and a minor prior record. Browning, recently discharged from the Navy, had planned to ride home to Durham, North Carolina.

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Browning Trailways Trammell Thomas B. Browning Navy Durham N.C Commonwealth Lawrence Lawless Alfred W. Whitehurst
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