New emails, obtained by a local CBS affiliate, suggest the Virginia Parole Board was actively trying to release large amounts of prisoners.

“Wave that wand of power, and let’s cut them loose,” read one email from former Parole Board Chair Adrianne Bennett, according to CBS. “There needs to be a silver lining to all this! Give me more!!!”

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