Advocates continue to speak about the failed "Second Look" bill and say it's a waste of taxpayer money.

A bill to help people in prison get a second chance is back in the General Assembly.

One Vinton man is hoping his story of hardships and hard-time inspires others to persevere and he does so by telling his story through wood. “I see things in wood in art. My hands for some reason have to continually move. I think it is a creative instinct.”

On Saturday, June 18, at approximately 1:45 a.m., officials with the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Petersburg said Corey Branch, Tavares Graham, Lamonte Willis and Kareem Shaw “walked away” in the early hours of the morning.