We are requesting that the Virginia Parole Board seriously reconsider their decision rendered on Friday, April 10, 2020 to release Vincent Lamont Martin back into society after serving only 40 years of a life sentence +29 years after being convicted of brutally murdering Richmond Virginia Police Officer Michael Patrick Connors on November 13, 1979.
 
As Citizens, we are requesting that the Parole Board repeal their decision to release Vincent Lamont Martin on parole on the grounds that the Commonwealth of Virginia Parole Board did not have all of the facts and information necessary to make a fully informed decision as related to the extreme threat that Vincent Lamont Martin, Offender # 1156982 will be to public safety, if released.
 
Those with additional evidence and factual information other Professionals and Individuals did not have an opportunity to present facts and evidence to the Parole Board as they were not aware of this case being up for consideration. Victim hearings could not be held due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. 
 
Vincent Lamont Martin, Offender # 1156982 had just robbed a 7-11 store when Richmond Police Officer Michael Connors saw a vehicle traveling the wrong way down a one way street and pulled the vehicle over on what would have been ordinarily been called a "routine traffic stop." Unbeknown to Officer Connors Vincent Lamont Martin and 3 others in the vehicle had just robbed a nearby 7-11 Store and were in the process of fleeing the robbery scene.
 
That is when Vincent Lamont Martin, Offender # 1156982 brutally shot Officer Michael Patrick Connors with the malicious intent to kill him. While Officer Connors lay bleeding on the pavement from the first bullet, Vincent Lamont Martin continued to fire 4 additional bullets into Officer Michael Connors' head, in what is perceived to be an execution style killing.