The General Assembly should expand the scope of next month’s special session to allow the state to compensate a man who spent 22 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit, a spokesman for Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday. “The governor pardoned the man,“ spokesman Gordon Hickey said. Suppose someone else wants to introduce a bill on another topic at the special session?

State officials want to take the sex out of texting. In addition to lecturing teenagers across the state on the dangers of sending nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves to friends via cell phones, some legislators are looking into how the state’s laws cover—or don’t cover—“sexting.“ The pictures, which apparently have been pinging off cell towers around the Richmond area, pose challenges for prosecutors who seek guidance in the Virginia Code. State law says some of the instances could constitute manufacturing child pornography.

Veteran Sen. Ken Stolle says he plans to leave the General Assembly and run for sheriff of Virginia Beach.