Michael Haas filed a petition on July 30, 2020, seeking a writ of actual innocence under Chapter 19.3 of Title 19.2 of the Code of Virginia. In a bench trial, the circuit court convicted him of forcibly sodomizing his sons, A.H. and L.H., who were eleven and nine years old, respectively. By final order entered July 22, 1994, the Circuit Court of Powhatan County sentenced him to two terms of life imprisonment, to be served concurrently.
Haas asserts that he is actually...
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