{"id":68608,"date":"2026-03-10T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/family-demands-far-left-prosecutor-be-ousted-from-office-after-sister-killed-by-repeat-violent-offender\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:55:07","slug":"family-demands-far-left-prosecutor-be-ousted-from-office-after-sister-killed-by-repeat-violent-offender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/family-demands-far-left-prosecutor-be-ousted-from-office-after-sister-killed-by-repeat-violent-offender\/","title":{"rendered":"Family demands far-left prosecutor be ousted from office after sister killed by repeat violent offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of Ashton Minter believes it\u2019s time to vote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia county attorney<\/a> out of office after he allegedly let her suspected killer out of prison \u2014 even in the face of a long rap sheet multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steve Descano completely failed Stephanie. He&#8217;s failed other people, and he will continue to fail other people unless he is just voted out of office,&#8221; Ashton Minter, one of Stephanie Minter\u2019s brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/mother-of-woman-killed-in-fairfax-county-bus-stop-stabbing-speaks-about-daughter-stephanie-minter-abdul-jalloh-crime-illegal-immigrant-commonwealths-attorney-steve-descano-cheryl-minter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told local reporters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another one of her siblings, Gary Minter, echoed his thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should never have happened. [Jalloh should\u2019ve] never been out in the streets,&#8221; Gary said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-murder-suspect-bus-stop-stabbing-had-lengthy-criminal-history-multiple-dropped-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VIRGINIA MURDER SUSPECT IN BUS STOP STABBING HAD LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY, MULTIPLE DROPPED CHARGES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashton Minter was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stabbed to death<\/a> at a bus stop late last month in Fairfax, Virginia. She was discovered with multiple stab wounds to her upper body, according to reports from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>Security camera footage at the scene led authorities to charge Abdul Jalloh, 32, with second-degree murder for Minter\u2019s death. Ahead of the attack, Fairfax County Descano\u2019s office was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/police-warned-prosecutors-3-times-violent-illegal-immigrant-allegedly-killed-virginia-mother\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned several times<\/a> about Jalloh and his conduct. But despite 30 prior arrests, Descano opted to release him.<\/p>\n<p>Jalloh reportedly arrived in the United States illegally in 2012 from Sierra Leone. Despite receiving an order of removal in 2020, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was not deported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/mike-davis-virginia-returns-confederacy-seditious-conspiracy-against-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MIKE DAVIS: VIRGINIA RETURNS TO THE CONFEDERACY WITH A SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY AGAINST ICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/02\/28\/illegal-alien-more-30-prior-arrests-fatally-stabs-woman-virginia-bus-stop-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to<\/a> the Department of Homeland Security, Jalloh has been charged with rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon and more.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Minter, Ashton\u2019s mother, expressed alarm that Jalloh\u2019s record hadn\u2019t stopped his release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just know that what is in your heart, it&#8217;s got to be horrible to be able to do things like that and allow somebody, anybody back onto a street that&#8217;s capable of what they&#8217;re saying,&#8221; Cheryl Minter said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/virginia-dems-push-anti-ice-bills-days-after-spanberger-rejects-detainer-illegal-immigrant-murder-suspect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VIRGINIA DEMS PUSH ANTI-ICE BILLS DAYS AFTER SPANBERGER REJECTS DETAINER FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MURDER SUSPECT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Descano, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairfax County attorney,<\/a> was sworn into office in Jan. 2020 and has made leniency reforms a focus of his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>According to his webpage on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/commonwealthattorney\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fairfax County government website,<\/a> Descano aimed at &#8220;mitigating racial and socioeconomic disparities and countering mass incarceration in Fairfax County\u2019s justice system.&#8221; He has also led efforts to end cash bail in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his time as an attorney, Descano served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\/military-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Army Aviation Officer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/spanberger-refuses-honor-ice-detainer-murder-case-escalating-showdown-trump-dhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SPANBERGER REFUSES TO HONOR ICE DETAINER IN MURDER CASE, ESCALATING SHOWDOWN WITH TRUMP DHS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His handling of Jalloh has drawn condemnation from both local and federal voices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under no circumstances should repeat violent offenders be released back into our communities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-of-representatives\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.,<\/a> wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobWittman\/status\/2029297761351610617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">in a post to X<\/a> following the news of Minter\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-blasts-spanberger-over-potential-release-illegal-migrant-30-arrests-currently-charged-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHS similarly condemned<\/a> Jalloh\u2019s past releases and urged Virginia Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/abigail-spanberger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> to hold Jalloh in custody.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;<\/i>We are calling on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and Virginia&#8217;s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE,&#8221; DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to Descano&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of Ashton Minter believes it\u2019s time to vote a Virginia county attorney out of office after he allegedly let her suspected killer out of prison \u2014 even in the face of a long rap sheet multiple times. &#8220;Steve Descano completely failed Stephanie. He&#8217;s failed other people, and he will continue to fail other &#8230; <a title=\"Family demands far-left prosecutor be ousted from office after sister killed by repeat violent offender\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/family-demands-far-left-prosecutor-be-ousted-from-office-after-sister-killed-by-repeat-violent-offender\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Family demands far-left prosecutor be ousted from office after sister killed by repeat violent offender\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}