Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
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Fairfax Prosecutor Was Warned Repeatedly About Violent Illegal Alien
by Kerry Dougherty On Wednesday we wrote about the cruel – and preventable – murder of 41-year-old Stephanie Minter in Fairfax County last month. She was stabbed to death at a bus stop allegedly by Abdul Jollah, an illegal alien and a one-man crime spree. He had been arrested at least 30 times for everything…
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Justice for Marvin Waters?
Who, you might wonder, is the victim Marvin Waters? From his family’s GoFundMe page: “On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, our beloved Marvin Waters was taken from us in the most heartbreaking and violent way. “He was stabbed and killed while waiting at a bus stop near Richmond Highway and North Kings Highway in Groveton, Fairfax County, Virginia.…
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While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman to Death
by Scott Dreyer On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop with multiple knife wounds to the upper body. Minter was a mother whose life was ended far too soon. The next day, police arrested Abdul Jalloh, 32, from Sierra Leone, who entered…
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Spanberger’s Illegal-Aliens-First Agenda
by Kerry Dougherty Sadly, the House of Delegates holds the power of impeachment for “mal-administration, corruption or endangering the state” and controlled by far-left politicians who agree with Spanberger’s Illegal-Aliens-First agenda. So there is no path to abort her governorship. Yet. Perhaps you heard, on Monday, February 23, a 41-year-old woman named Stephanie Minter was…
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Virginia’s Sanctuary Playbook
A coordinated national campaign is targeting the Commonwealth. by Jeff Bayard Part 2 of a 3-part investigative series: Virginia’s sanctuary transformation — happening while you weren’t watching This is not grassroots advocacy. Virginia’s sanctuary playbook follows a documented national pattern—one developed by policy organizations, funded by major foundations, and already deployed in California, Oregon, Illinois,…
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Sanctuary Virginia: How Our Leaders Are Undermining Law, Borders, and Justice
by Jeff Bayard A question every Virginian should ask Is Virginia becoming a sanctuary state? The honest answer is yes—and it is happening faster than most citizens realize. Since January 2026, Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed executive actions terminating Virginia’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, the General Assembly is advancing bills that would prohibit…
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A Portrait of Suicidal Empathy
by the Liberty Unyielding Staff “In 1996, Travis Lewis broke into the Snowden family home in Arkansas during a burglary and murdered 75-year-old Sally Snowden McKay and her cousin. He was convicted and imprisoned. Years later, Sally’s daughter Martha McKay chose radical forgiveness. She visited Lewis in prison, advocated for his parole, and after his…
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Fairfax County Prosecutor Lets Killers Escape Justice Through Insanity Defenses
by the Liberty Unyielding staff The chief prosecutor of Fairfax County is letting some killers escape a conviction by accepting insanity pleas that would almost certainly be rejected by a jury. The insanity defense is used in less than 1% of criminal cases and is successful only about 25% of the time, making it a rare and difficult defense to employ. Defendants typically…
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Bill Would Let Progressive Legislators Pick most of the Virginia Parole Board
by the Liberty Unyielding staff Does any other state do this? Let progressive legislators — rather than the governor — pick most of the members of its parole board? That’s what Virginia is about to do. On January 23, a Virginia Senate committee voted to do just that. It approved a bill, SB60, to expand…
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A Rejoinder to Hans Bader
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Hans Bader has published an extensive article in BR opposing bills introduced in the General Assembly that would enable judges to give a “Second Look” at inmates with long sentences. As I was preparing my comments to the article, they themselves became so extensive that I decided an rejoinder article would be…
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Bill Would Effectively Abolish Life Without Parole
by the Liberty Unyielding staff When Virginia abolished the death penalty in 2021, Virginians were assured that it wasn’t needed, because the worst murderers could be given life sentences without the possibility of parole. But soon, even the worst killers could be released. Legislation has been introduced to allow all prison inmates serving long sentences…