Posted on 09/04/2019 3:05:22 PM PDT by 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."
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Even if one bought that argument, he had still pointed it in her direction and had it in his hand. Manslaughter at least!
I’d like to see all murder prosecutions taken out of states’ hands anyway. Too much local politics and bungling.
I’d have to give that some thought.
We may have to shake things up a bit if for no other reason, jury pools seem to be so tainted these days.
Everyone’s an activist, and if you are against capital punishment, you can destroy a trial by ignoring the evidence and voting to acquit.
Personally, I am not against the death penalty per se, it is the just punishment for murder. HOWEVER, because our criminal justice system is so corrupt from bottom to top, I would be extremely disinclined to vote for the death penalty. Do not think that your local Administration of Justice is just. The corrupt people in DC started in local govt and politics, and were corrupt long before they got to high positions. Everything is corrupt, everything needs good cleaning.
I’m still for the death penalty.
Most of the cases are high profile enough that the process is pretty open.
Now there are instances where people get off due to race. We can look at OJ for instance. He had high powered attorneys who worked their magic.
Just because some people get off and don’t get justice, it doesn’t mean that a person found worthy of capital punishment didn’t receive justice.
One person getting off doesn’t make every person getting justice a person who was cheated.
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