Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 0:21:44 GMT -6
Morgan Harrington's mother, advocates hail legislative strides on sexual assault
Gil Harrington does not want to believe that Jesse Matthew was doomed to become the predator who abducted and murdered her 20-year-old daughter, Morgan.
Nine days after Matthew, 34, was sentenced to four life terms for the murders of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, Harrington, of Roanoke County, went to the General Assembly Building on Friday to praise legislative progress on multiple fronts in the effort to prevent sexual violence, support victims and prosecute perpetrators.
“The hope is Jesse Matthew was not destined to become a serial rapist and murderer,” Harrington said. “He chose that.”
She made her remarks after appearing at a news conference touting the passage of three bills that were part of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s Task Force on Combating Campus Sexual Violence.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/morgan-harrington-s-mother-advocates-hail-legislative-strides-on-sexual/article_4a2d39b1-d38e-54c4-b742-c4cb3fb44217.html
Gil Harrington does not want to believe that Jesse Matthew was doomed to become the predator who abducted and murdered her 20-year-old daughter, Morgan.
Nine days after Matthew, 34, was sentenced to four life terms for the murders of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, Harrington, of Roanoke County, went to the General Assembly Building on Friday to praise legislative progress on multiple fronts in the effort to prevent sexual violence, support victims and prosecute perpetrators.
“The hope is Jesse Matthew was not destined to become a serial rapist and murderer,” Harrington said. “He chose that.”
She made her remarks after appearing at a news conference touting the passage of three bills that were part of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s Task Force on Combating Campus Sexual Violence.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/morgan-harrington-s-mother-advocates-hail-legislative-strides-on-sexual/article_4a2d39b1-d38e-54c4-b742-c4cb3fb44217.html