The two men pleaded guilty to killing a Waverly police officer in 1998, but their attorney claims they only made that plea to avoid the death penalty.

The “Waverly Two” - Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne were accused of killing Officer Allen Gibson in Sussex County in 1998. They've maintained their innocence.

In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

Ferrone Claiborne and Terence Richardson, two men who were acquitted of the 1998 murder of a Sussex County police officer and yet were still sentenced to life, will get to go home after decades of imprisonment.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares lambasted President Biden after he granted clemency to the "Waverly Two," who they said admitted to being responsible for the 1998 murder of a Sussex County police officer.

On Sunday, the NAACP Virginia State Conference commended Biden for commuting the sentences of Ferrone Claiborne and Terrence Jerome Richardson.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares issued a statement in reference to President Biden granting clemency for Ferrone Claiborne and Terrence Richardson, the "Waverly Two" whose criminal acts caused the death of Officer Allen Gibson in 1998.

The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to life in prison.