Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is calling on prosecutors to try, convict and punish the undocumented killer of Stephanie Minter, arguing that he must face American justice before hes
he fears deportation could be a form of leniency.
“Im not sure that if hes deported, [that] he will really face the punishment that he should face. If you do a deportation now, whats the guarantee he would really face severe consequences for what hes done?” Kaine said.
“I think he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and then possibly deported after that, but I wouldnt want him to escape accountability for the crime.”
Authorities are charging Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old Sierra Leone native, with the murder of Stephanie Minter after authorities found her dead at a bus stop in Fairfax, Virginia last month.
Jalloh had already been arrested more than 30 times before his fatal confrontation with Minter, according to the Among others, his previous charges included rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing and more.
against Jalloh, allowing him to walk free.
Kaine believes this time should be different.
“I think he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and then possibly deported after that,” Kaine said.
Jalloh has been
Even as questions remain about why Virginia authorities let Jalloh go, Kaine, who served as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, posited that ICE may have failed to follow through on ahead of Minters murder.
“My experience when I was governor â and this is now 15 or 20 years ago â is that we would normally let ICE know before we let anybody out of prison in Virginia, and then they wouldnt show up,” Kaine said.
“We would give them two-weeks notice [and say] Hey, heres somebody whos here, come pick them up, and they wouldnt show up. That was more my experience.”
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