By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
A Virginia judge has ordered the defendant in a capital murder case to be released unconditionally from custody as of Thursday at 5 p.m. unless a federal appeals court intervenes.
At a hearing Wednesday in Manassas, Circuit Judge Mary Grace O'Brien said she will abide by that ruling and release Mr. Wolfe on Thursday unless an appellate court intervenes.
