LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A man convicted of killing a Lynchburg teenager will soon be out on parole.

According to Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Lynchburg, Bethany Harrison, 49-year-old Gregory Joyner is set to be released on parole on April 2.

Joyner, who was 17-years-old at the time, was convicted of the first-degree murder and attempted rape of 15-year-old Sarah Jamison.

Harrison said he will be under supervised probation in the Petersburg area. There is also a condition that he cannot be in Lynchburg.

"So if he is in Lynchburg it's not a violation where officers can come and arrest him right away," Harrison said. "But if someone should see him report that to my office, don't confront him, just report it to our office. We can notify probation and parole in his district."

Harrison said she agrees this is a good condition.

"We have information he still has family in the Lynchburg area so I'm very glad they put that term into his parole," Harrison said. "The surviving family members are glad that is a term. That gives them some sense of comfort."

However, Harrison does not agree that Joyner should be granted early parole.

"Releasing someone from prison who has 6 months left on a grand larceny charge is one thing," Harrison said. "When you start paroling people who are violent murderers, really the worst of the worst is who they are letting out. It is really baffling as to why these are the people being released."

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Joyner admitted that he strangled Jamison to death on May 15, 1988, after he claimed he had consensual sex with her. He then buried her body in a wooded area near her parents' home. Sarah’s remains were found two weeks after the killing. Joyner was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison on June 9, 1989.

"Joyner has never publicly expressed remorse or sorrow for what he did to Sarah," Harrison said. "As a matter of fact, I read through the transcripts of his interviews with police officers from the late 80s. He said he doesn't feel remorse, or emotion or sadness like normal people. It really was quite chilling to go back and read those transcripts."

In December of 2020, whenJamison's family learned aboutJoyner's parole they wanted Gov. Ralph Northam to reverse this decision.

"When Joyner murdered Sarah it was for life. Why should he be released after only serving a part of his life? His sentence was for punishment not rehabilitation therefore he still has 30 or 40 years left on his sentence. His release is a big mistake," saidDell Jamison, Sarah’s father.

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See the attached emails for correspondence between ABC13, the Parole Board Chairman and the Governor's Office on the decision of Joyner's parole release below or here.

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