Of 37 federal prisoners whose punishments were reduced to life in prison, two committed murders in Northern Virginia and four killed people elsewhere in the state.
In the case against ex-Culpeper, Virginia, sheriff Scott Jenkins, Kevin Rychlik, known as “Individual 1,” said he exposed the scheme for leniency in a tax case.
Ex-Culpeper Sheriff Scott Jenkins goes on trial Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville, charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud.