Accused double-murderer Xavier Pinckney has been ordered to be tried as an adult for the slayings of Jean and Jim Smith just before Christmas last year.
Unfortunately, the hearing was closed to reporters, so we still don’t know important aspects about Pinckney’s prior criminal history — such as his arrest to conviction ratio. The case will now go to a grand jury, so we will now have to wait until at least the next hearing after he is indicted to begin uncovering details of his past run-ins with the law.
I still firmly believe that someone fell down on the job along the way here and Pinckney should never have been out on the streets and free to murder in the first place. We’re going to keep monitoring this closely until we find out just which entity is responsible for keeping him on the loose, whether that be the Commonwealth’s Attorney office under Paul Ebert or the Prince William Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. We WILL find out and make sure that someone is held accountable so that they don’t turn loose the next Xavier Pinckney.
