Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he’ll withhold state funds from Richmond unless the city pays $5.8 million to a wrongfully convicted ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) threatened to withhold state funding unless Richmond compensates Marvin Leon Grimm, Jr. but has not ...

After a Richmond man spent over 40 years in prison for the abduction, rape and murder of a 3-year-old in 1975, crimes which ...

Marvin Grimm Jr. spent 45 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. He lost his freedom, his family, and nearly every milestone of life most people take for granted.

Grimm was convicted of first-degree murder, abduction and sodomy and sentenced to life in prison on March 15, 1976. He served 44 years in prison and was released on parole in 2019.

RICHMOND — For 44 years, Marvin Leon Grimm Jr. was thought to be the villain in one of Richmond’s most notorious murders. It was a drama that began in November 1975, when Preston Cowles — a ...

Through the Institute for Actual Innocence Clinic at the University of Richmond, Richmond law faculty and students were part of the legal team that secured a life-altering victory for Marvin Grimm.