The Shannon Taylor Record

Appendix

SOURCES & CITATIONS

Every claim on this site is tied to a primary source. Where a public URL exists, it is linked. Print-only items are cited by outlet and date. Questions about a citation? Read the findings.

The Findings

Finding 01

She Cut a Deal That Let a Child Abuser Serve One Year — With No Sex Offender Registry

Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 20, 2014 (print edition — no public URL)

Finding 03

She Negotiated a Baby-Breaker's Sentence Down to a Maximum of Three Years

WTVR CBS 6, 2026 coverage of the Henrico NICU case (print edition — no public URL)

Finding 04

Taylor Fired 7 Career Prosecutors for Not Fitting Her Diversity Mold

Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial, October 25, 2015 (print edition — no public URL)

Finding 05

She Dropped Fetal Homicide Charges Against a Man Who Killed a Nine-Months-Pregnant Woman

WTVR CBS 6, October 5, 2012 (print edition — no public URL)

Finding 06

She Argued a Rapist-Murderer's 125-Year Sentence Was Too Harsh — His Crimes Were 'Out of Character'

Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 14, 2011 (print edition — no public URL)

The Agenda She Signed

Background: WVTF, March 16, 2025 — View original →

Ask 02.A

End cash bail

VPPFJ press releases, Jan. 4 2020 / Mar. 8 2021 (print edition — no public URL)

Ask 02.B

End mandatory minimums

VPPFJ press releases, Jan. 4 2020 / Mar. 8 2021 (print edition — no public URL)

Ask 02.C

Kill the repeat-larceny felony

VPPFJ press release, Jan. 4 2020 (print edition — no public URL)

The Numbers

1

year served by a child abuser whose felonies Taylor cut to misdemeanors — no sex-offender registry

Richmond Times-Dispatch, 8/20/2014

3

nursing home residents abused by an aide Taylor declined to prosecute

WTVR CBS 6, 5/14/2025

9

newborns with broken bones in a NICU case Taylor pled down to a 3-year max

WTVR CBS 6 coverage of the Henrico NICU case, 2026

7

career prosecutors fired for not fitting Taylor's DEI agenda

Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/25/2015

Exhibits EX-01 through EX-05 (letter scans and news clippings) are reproduced on the main page under “The Receipts.”