Poindexter on Vick's Release

SURRY COUNTY, Va. - With word circulating suspended NFL Quarterback Michael Vick could get out of prison as early as May 21, WAVY.com wanted to find out what Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter had to say.

"Good for him...his sentence was fair and just...Am I glad he's getting out? I'm indifferent," Poindexter told WAVY.com.

Embattled Gerald Poindexter says in hind site he would do nothing differently. Poindexter has been accused of dragging his feet and not bringing charges quickly against Vick.

"Not just dragging our feet, but doing something underhanded," Poindexter added.

Wearing the scars of the Michael Vick Case, Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter says Vick has paid his debt to society.

"I assume that he has paid his debt. That's what the federal court imposed. That's why we agreed to a suspended sentence and that's the end of it," explained Poindexter.

Poindexter calls it "bothersome" the federal U.S. Attorney chose to intervene in the Vick case, suggesting "that the law enforcement in the county was corrupt or incompetent."

Poindexter also blames race for the feds involvement. That he, the prosecutor is African-American. The sheriff investigating the case, Harold Brown is African-American, and Michael Vick is African-American.

He said, "The feeling that these people are going to favor him and not prosecute him in the same way they would prosecute other folks because of his celebrity and because of his race."

Poindexter admits he's been hurt by the Vick case. Poindexter won the November 2007 election, but the write-in candidate received 42 percent of the vote.

Poindexter noted that though the case against Michael Vick shouldn't have had anything to do with the election, but feels it did. He notes, "rumor and innuendo regarding [his] conduct and the conduct of the Sheriff" played a part.

Sheriff Harold Brown won his race in November with 54 percent of the vote against a relatively unknown independent candidate.