# Navy veteran blindsided as rapist could land parole hearing months after sentencing

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/navy-veteran-blindsided-as-rapist-could-land-parole-hearing-months-after-sentencing/
- Published: 2026-11-07T20:18:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T21:36:53+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/us-news/navy-veteran-blindsided-as-rapist-could-land-parole-hearing-months-after-sentencing/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Amy was notified of a possible parole hearing for her 1992 attacker.
- Favors received a 24-year sentence in September 2025.
- A prosecutor said release was highly unlikely.

## Summary

A Navy veteran known as Amy has learnt that the man who raped her in 1992 may receive a parole hearing just months after being sentenced for her case. The prospect has unsettled her after decades of trauma and what she saw as a measure of justice, and has raised concerns about how parole rules affect survivors.

Anthony Favors, 57, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to two rape counts and received consecutive 12-year terms, totalling 24 years. Virginia’s parole board may review him because he committed the crimes before 1 January 1995 and had previously been considered for release on a separate rape conviction; the prosecutor said an actual release was highly unlikely. Amy plans to ask for a three-year deferral, saying repeated hearings would require her to revisit the assault.

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