Sen Tim Kaine says Minter’s killer must be tried earlier than deportation

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is looking on prosecutors to strive, convict and punish the undocumented killer of Stephanie Minter, arguing that he should face American justice earlier than he’s ordered to leave the country.

Kaine said he fears deportation could possibly be a type of leniency.

"I’m unsure that if he’s deported, [that] he'll actually face the punishment that he ought to face. In case you do a deportation now, what’s the assure he would actually face extreme penalties for what he’s carried out?" Kaine stated.

"I believe he must be prosecuted to the complete extent of the regulation after which probably deported after that, however I wouldn’t need him to flee accountability for the crime."

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters as he walks into the Senate Chamber on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)

Authorities are charging Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old Sierra Leone native, with the homicide of Stephanie Minter after authorities discovered her useless at a bus cease in Fairfax, Virginia final month.

Jalloh had already been arrested greater than 30 occasions earlier than his deadly confrontation with Minter, in response to the Department of Homeland Security. Amongst others, his earlier fees included rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identification theft, trespassing and extra.

Local authorities dropped previous charges towards Jalloh, permitting him to stroll free.

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Kaine believes this time must be totally different.

"I believe he must be prosecuted to the complete extent of the regulation after which probably deported after that," Kaine stated.

Abdul Jalloh, 32, is accused of killing Stephanie Minter, 41, at a Virginia bus cease. (Fox 5 DC)

Jalloh has been charged with second-degree murder.

At the same time as questions stay about why Virginia authorities let Jalloh go, Kaine, who served as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, posited that ICE could have didn't comply with by means of on requests to detain Jalloh forward of Minter’s homicide.

"My expertise once I was governor — and that is now 15 or 20 years in the past — is that we'd usually let ICE know earlier than we let anyone out of jail in Virginia, after which they wouldn’t present up," Kaine stated.

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Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks throughout a Senate International Relations Committee affirmation listening to in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)

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"We'd give them two-weeks discover [and say] ‘Hey, right here’s any person who’s right here, come decide them up,’ they usually wouldn’t present up. That was extra my expertise."