After Mass Struggle Maximum Sentences Imposed in Taliaferro Murder
By Phil Wilayto
Thanks to a determined public campaign led by the victim's family, a partial victory has been won in the legal battle surrounding the murder of a popular high school student in Powhatan County, Va.
On June 4, after months of mass marches and rallies that have mobilized as many as 700 people in this rural county about 30 miles west of Richmond, Circuit Judge Thomas V. Warren imposed the maximum sentences possible for Tahliek's killers. Read the full story.
Background:
Statement by Taliaferro family and article by Phil Wilayto
Defenders coverage of an earlier Powhatan march
Article on this site after earlier Powhatan march
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