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A Virginia Death Row inmate is set to walk out of prison and go Free!!!!

According to The Richmond Times-Dispatch, a man named Joseph Giarratano is set to go free on December 20, 2017.

Here’s what happened, Joseph Giarratano was convicted in 1979 of rape and murder of a 15 year old Girl named Michelle Kline and her mother Tony Kline in Norfolk.

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In 1991 — two days before his scheduled execution — Gov. L. Douglas Wilder commuted his sentence after questions were raised about his guilt.  Last month, the Virginia State Parole Board approved his release.

Joseph Giarratano will walk out of Deerfield Correctional Center on Dec. 20 and says he will live in the Charlottesville area and work as a paralegal.