US attorney says government will seek federal charges against Kate Steinle's killer

Fox News ^ | September 4, 2019 | Nick Givas

[jazusamo]

Following the overturned state firearm conviction of illegal immigrant Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, U.S. Attorney David Anderson said Wednesday the federal government plans to proceed with federal gun charges in the case of Kate Steinle, during an interview on "Fox & Friends."

Zarate, who was previously deported five times, was charged by the state of California with the murder of Steinle in 2015 and was acquitted on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and assault with a semi-automatic weapon. He was, however, convicted of felony possession of a firearm, and has maintained the stolen gun he used had discharged in his hands accidentally.

That gun conviction was overturned by a California state appeals court last week, causing the federal government to exercise its option to seek a federal indictment.

"The case is set for trial in our federal courthouse in San Francisco in January of 2020," Anderson told Fox News on Wednesday. "The case is now proceeding through the pretrial proceedings towards that trial date."

"In the federal court we've brought this case on the basis of a statute passed by Congress many years ago that prohibits certain categories of people from possessing any firearms," he added. "If you’re someone who has no lawful status in the United States -- if you’re here without any right to be here, you cannot possess a firearm."

[mmichaels1970]

Just wish they’d be held accountable for screwing it up the first time. Instead of using the feds as a backstop. If they’re going to charge, they should charge. Not hold it in reserve to bail out incompetent prosecutors.

[ZOOKER]

So entering the country illegally 5 TIMES is not a Federal crime?

[PGalt]

Should have been executed long ago. Dysfunctional justice system. What is Nidal Malik Hasan doing wasting American oxygen?

[Navy Patriot]

US attorney says government will seek federal charges against Kate Steinle's killer

Really? How do they plan to extradite him from the People's Socialist Democracy of Calipornia?

[Crucial]

It’s nice to have a President who is both ethical and American.

[Mariner]

It dudn’t get any better than this.

The left will actually DEFEND this guy, vociferously. And it’s because he is being prosecuted by the Trump DOJ. And because he is an “oppressed immigrant”.

And they don’t even know it’s a certain losing cause.

[lgjhn23]

Meanwhile on the national front, CA’s very own, the nasty, vile, demonic Botoxian, is screaming and hollering about passing more “gun control” when her very own state acquits a 5-time deported illegal alien that outright shot an innocent American citizen. Anyone voting for these evil insane communists is an utter fool.

[kiryandil]

and has maintained the stolen gun he used had discharged in his hands accidentally.

It would be nice if the nail-studded baseball bat in Kate's father's hands "went off accidentally" just after he bailed out the murdering criminal illegal alien as a Good Samaritan "act of mercy"...

[morphing libertarian]

is this man in custody If not forget about it

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

U.S. Attorney David Anderson. Seems to be an honest prosecutor in California.

[morphing libertarian]

name the wall after her

[Osage Orange]

Right...I expect no justice.

[Squantos]

Sadly when our judicial process horribly fails such as this we may be forced to embrace street justice .......

[DoughtyOne]

He’s a Fed.

He isn’t some Lefty elected in the state.

If the justice system hadn’t seemed to have broken down in the state, I wouldn’t really like to see the feds step in.

How does this guy get off without a single sustainable guilty verdict? It’s mind numbing this outcome.

The media acted from day one like it wasn’t his fault, trying to place the blame on the guy whose car he stole the weapon out of.

[Elsie]

"If you’re someone who has no lawful status in the United States -- if you’re here without any right to be here, you cannot possess a firearm."

But you CAN avail yourself of so many OTHER benefits and freebies.

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Does anyone ELSE see the problem here?

[READINABLUESTATE]

https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/kate-steinle-case-garcia-zarate-remains-federal-custody

I Federal custody.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for the link that he’s in Fed custody, RIABS.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

He’s a Fed.

I don't always trust people in the DOJ. Remember the Southern District of New York playing its part in the attempted coup. I'm just saying it's good that this Fed is trying to do something.

[morphing libertarian]

thanx

[hanamizu]

They need to put a permanent mark on the forehead of deportees, so when they come back we’ll know it.

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That was one advantage to the old practice of branding someone as part (or all) of their punishment. Before prisons, criminals were hanged for serious offenses or had pain inflicted, like lashes or branding. The criminal was then set free to nurse his wounds and resume his life. Some crimes merited branding, which besides hurting, marked the criminal for life. A ‘T’ on the forehead cheek let everyone know what you had done in the past.

The soldiers who fired on civilians at the Boston Massacre were successfully defended by John Adams who had them plead benefit of clergy. But you were only allowed to beat the rap one time using that defense, so they were branded on their thumbs.