Mitchell Cornett is a member of the House of Delegates. He is a Republican from Grayson County.
The bill would have clarified Virginia law so that corrections officers, when killed in the line of duty, would be recognized with the same legal protections as other law enforcement officers under Virginia’s aggravated murder statute. It passed the House but not the Senate.
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