Virginia Parole Board Reviews Anthony Favors Months After 24-Year Rape Sentence

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 7

Months after Anthony Favors received a 24-year sentence for raping a Navy sailor in 1992, Virginia’s parole board is preparing a discretionary review that could consider his release.
A 2024 DNA hit solved the cold case, but Favors was already serving a 60-year term for a separate 1992 rape, and because the crimes predated Virginia’s 1995 parole changes, old rules still make him theoretically eligible.
Norfolk prosecutor Ramin Fatehi said a bureaucratic overlap from an earlier parole review on Favors’ prior conviction triggered the new hearing, though he called the odds of release “slim chance to zero.”
Amy, the survivor, said the automated VINE text shattered the closure she felt after the September 2025 sentencing and now forces her to prepare testimony again despite severe PTSD and years of trauma.
She plans to seek a 3-year deferral, while advocates say repeated parole reviews can retraumatize victims and undermine confidence in reporting sexual assaults.