On July 15, 2008, MAIP hosted its first annual awards luncheon.  The winner of our Champion of Justice award was former Virginia Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner.  MAIP honored Governor Warner for his extraordinary contribution to the cause of justice.  In 2005, after DNA evidence retained by a former state forensic examiner cleared five men of rape, Governor Warner ordered the Virginia crime lab to perform DNA tests in more than 1,000 old cases in which biological evidence was saved.  This unprecedented review , which is currently in process, is the first of its kind in any…