The woman in prison for the 2019 death of a Chattanooga police officer was denied early release by the Tennessee Board of Parole on Tuesday.
Janet Hinds, 61, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after she was found guilty by a jury of vehicular homicide by intoxication in the death of Officer Nicholas Galinger, who had started his career with the Chattanooga Police Department a month before his death.
The board gave two reasons for denying Hinds’ release: Release would underplay the seriousness of her crime, and continued correctional treatment would help her lead a law-abiding life upon release, Dustin Krugel, communications officer for the board, said in an email.
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Hinds appeared virtually Feb. 4 for her second parole hearing asking for early supervised release from her 11-year sentence. Board member Mae Beavers voted to decline Hinds’ parole after Hinds gave her account of the events of Feb. 23, 2019, when Hinds hit Galinger with her vehicle while he was inspecting an overflowing manhole cover on Hamill Road.