Friday, December 1, 2017

According to Trump: Kate Steinle Verdict Is 'Disgraceful




Late Thursday, Trump tweeted that a verdict of ‘not guilty’ within the Steinle murder trial was “disgraceful,” and highlighted his annoyance at the resolution of a trial he’d cited within his campaign as a justification for tougher enforcement on immigration.

Mr. Jim Steinle, who was walking along with his daughter who was 32 years old when she died, echoed President’s Trump’s sentiments, and told the San Francisco Chronicle that the family was shocked and saddened by this verdict.

Earlier Thursday, a jury found Mr. Zarate not guilty in Kate Steinle’s killing upon a San Francisco pier within the presidential campaign in the year 2015.

United States immigration officials stated that they’ll deport Zarate, who’d been deported five times in the past and who was wanted for a sixth deportation as Steinle was shot in the back when walking along with her dad.

The fatal shooting touched off a heated national immigration debate, as well as was utilized by then-candidate Donald Trump to push for a wall upon the border of Mexico.

The trial highlighted the "sanctuary city" policy in San Francisco that restricts officials in the area from cooperating with immigration authorities in the U.S.

However, politics didn’t come up within the month-long case featuring ballistics experts’ testimony. Defense lawyers argued that Zarate was a homeless man who shot and killed Kate Steinle in a freak accident. According to prosecutors, he meant to kill her.

Garcia Zarate didn’t deny shooting Kate Steinle and said that it was an accident.

Jurors found him guilty of being a felon who possessed a firearm, which means he knowingly owned a firearm yet there wasn’t any intent for him to shoot or hurt anyone. Jeff Adachi, public defender, stated that the count carries a possible sentence of 16 months to up to three years behind prison bars.

The family didn’t go to the verdict reading. Jurors left without any comments and then the judge sealed all of their names.


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