{"id":1622827,"date":"2022-08-26T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1622827"},"modified":"2022-08-26T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:16:12","slug":"virginia-progressive-prosecutor-freed-felon-who-went-on-to-murder-two-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-progressive-prosecutor-freed-felon-who-went-on-to-murder-two-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Progressive Prosecutor Freed Felon Who Went On To Murder Two Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-progressive-prosecutor-freed-felon-who-went-on-to-murder-two-men%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1622827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A progressive Virginia prosecutor this year dropped charges against a felon with a history of gun charges. Months later, that felon killed two innocent men.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Francis Rose shot two &#8220;innocent bystanders&#8221; in the head while robbing an apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., according to police. In February, he was freed from jail by the office of Arlington County commonwealth\u2019s attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti (D.). Rose, who was already on probation for illegally carrying a weapon in Washington, D.C., was arrested in October 2020 for possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine and fentanyl with intent to distribute.<\/p>\n<p>The double murder is the latest instance where soft-on-crime Virginia prosecutors enabled violent felons. Dehghani-Tafti\u2019s ally Steve Descano (D.), Fairfax County\u2019s top prosecutor, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/soros-prosecutor-freed-violent-offender-now-charged-with-killing-homeless-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> three offenders with gun charges who each went on to murder. Both prosecutors\u2019 campaigns received over $600,000 from the Democratic megadonor George Soros. Like Soros-backed prosecutors across the country, Dehghani-Tafti and Descano have abolished cash bail and pushed for decarceration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened in Alexandria was senseless and tragic,&#8221; Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;Unfortunately, it continues to be true that the vast majority of violent crime is committed by the same repeat offenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police announced the double homicide of Adrian de Jesus Rivera Guzman and his step-son, Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez, on Tuesday. Rose\u2019s victims were landscape workers who had escaped gang-led violence in their native El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Arlington police arrested Rose during a traffic stop in 2020 after finding a loaded handgun, cocaine, and fentanyl on him. In February, a county judge ruled the search unconstitutional. The evidence was not legally admissible because the drugs and gun were &#8220;appended&#8221; to Rose rather than in the car, his defense attorney argued, according to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. Dehghani-Tafti\u2019s office dropped the charges following the judge\u2019s ruling and criticized the arresting officers\u2019 conduct.<\/p>\n<p>But before the ruling, a prosecutor in Dehghani-Tafti\u2019s office praised the officers\u2019 conduct, according to the Arlington Coalition of Police. Her office held Rose in jail without bond for more than a year before his trial, the law enforcement group said, implying prosecutors believed the officers had acted lawfully.<\/p>\n<p>Rose will appear in court on Oct. 28. He faces up to 40 years in prison for each count of second-degree murder. Juan Hernandez\u2019s wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/08\/06\/landscapers-shooting-case-dropped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the <em>Post<\/em> she hopes he will stay behind bars this time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know that if he\u2019s in prison, my son and husband, they won\u2019t come back,&#8221; Laura Hernandez said. &#8220;But this man can\u2019t get out. He can\u2019t get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 7:05 p.m.:<\/strong> This piece was updated to include comment from Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A progressive Virginia prosecutor this year dropped charges against a felon with a history of gun charges. Months later, that felon killed two innocent men. 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