York prosecutor: VSB is making me scapegoat 
The prosecutor accused of misconduct by the Virginia State Bar in a death penalty case denies the ethics charges and says she is being made a scapegoat for complaints about prosecutor discipline. York County Commonwealth’s Attorney Eileen M. Addison denied any coaching of a witness to testify against accused killer Daryl Atkins and said her office did not hide evidence from Atkins’ lawyers, despite a judge’s finding that prosecutors mishandled evidence in the 1997 death case.
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Employment - Punitives Ordered for Former Employee
A former employee, shareholder and corporate officer for a car dealership violated a noncompete by forming a competing business while still employed by the dealership, and he must pay damages - including punitives - for his breach and for conversion, a Fairfax Circuit Court says.
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