Convicted Killer Soering Takes Step Toward Possible Exoneration

Convicted killer Soering takes step toward possible exoneration

See our previous story on why Jens Soering’s new appeal is different from previous ones. Jens Soering has taken a major new step toward his nearly four-decade effort to prove he is not guilty of the 1985 savage stabbing murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom, the parents of his girlfriend. The step came Aug. 6 when the Court of Appeals of Virginia ordered the attorney general to file a response to Soering’s Feb. 17 petition for a writ of actual innoc…

Virginia Appeals Court Orders Response to Soering Innocence Claim

Virginia's Court of Appeals has directed Attorney General Jay Jones to formally respond to Jens Soering's petition for a writ of actual innocence, a significant procedural step in one of the state's most closely watched criminal cases. The order, issued August 6, gives the attorney general 60 days to file a position on Soering's February petition. The court rarely gets this far with such requests. According to Cardinal News, the appeals court ha…