There is an existing federal detainer for Garca Zrate to be transported to the Western District of Texas by U.S. We have never had a second of anger not a moment, Steinles father, Jim, said. Who is Kate Steinle, the woman whose death inspired "Kate's Law"? Kate Steinle might be alive today if a U.S. park ranger hadnt left his unlocked gun in a car parked on a San Francisco street in 2015, the gun that fired the fatal shot 3 days later. [57][58], On November 30, 2017, after five days of deliberations, the jury acquitted Garca Zrate of all murder and manslaughter charges, but convicted him of being a felon in possession of a firearm. So I have absolutely no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on. Follow Michelle Moons on Twitter @MichelleDiana, ImmigrationLocalillegal alienimmigrationkate steinlekathryn steinleSan Francisco. She is survived by her parents and her brother, Brad Steinle, of Pleasanton, Published in Contra Costa Times from July 3 to Aug. 2, 2015 ***** Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. Appeals Court Reverses Gun Conviction In Kate Steinle Killing A San Francisco jury acquitted Garcia Zarate of murder and assault charges and convicted him only of being a felon in possession of a gun. Let this be your last warning: do not return to this country." A state appeals court overturned that conviction and said the jury should have been allowed to decide whether he had only momentary possession of the weapon, which would not have been a crime. He moved to the Bay Area from Oregon where he grew up and worked as a journalist for several years. In Mondays decision, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Ranger John Woychowski and his employer, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, may have been negligent by leaving the handgun unlocked in a backpack on the passenger side of his private SUV, Chief U.S. Magistrate Joseph Spero wrote. San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi goes through a security check before entering Department 13 at the Hall of Justice on the first day of the Kate Steinle muder trial on Monday, October 23, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. A well-wisher drops off flowers at the site where 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was killed on July 6, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Initially charged with first-degree murder, Garca Zrate was eventually tried for second-degree murder. He spent 30 years with the Associated Press, covering news, politics and occasionally sports in Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento, and legal affairs in San Francisco from 1984 onward. Garca Zrate returned to court July 14, 2017. Pleasanton, Alameda County, California, USA, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA. Did the feds aid and abet in the state prosecution? Kathryn Kate Steinle was a 32-year-old woman in the prime of her young life, beloved by family and friends,whenshe was shot and killed at Pier 14 in San Francisco while walking with her father. Our daughter beamed Kate a huge smile and fell in love with her in that instant. [63], On June 6, 2022, Garca Zrate was sentenced by California federal judge Vince Chhabria to the seven years he's already spent in jail, legally closing the case. He said hed found it under a bench, but didnt know it was a firearm because it was wrapped up in a T-shirt. The memorial service for Pleasanton native Kathryn Steinle, who was fatally shot on San Franciscos Pier 14 while walking with her father last week, is scheduled for this afternoon. Steinle, 32, died after being shot in the heart as she walked along the pier with her father. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. [27][21] During a pretrial hearing, a judge disallowed the interview to be used as evidence. Weve updated the security on the site. [13] Woychowski immediately reported the theft to San Francisco police, as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center. A trial begins this week for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a Mexican man who set off a national immigration debate after he fatally shot Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier on on July 1, 2015. Jim Steinle (checked shirt, center), Kate Steinle's father and Liz Sullivan (black shirt,left), Kate Steinle's mother make their way through the Hall of Justice on the day of closing arguments in the Kate Steinle trial in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Following Garcia Zarates acquittal, conservative Twitter users expressed outrage and called for justice for Steinle. This is a carousel. The jury also had the option of deciding if he was guilty of involuntary manslaughter (where the death occurs without intent but "through the negligent or reckless actions of the defendant"). [38] On subsequent days, jurors heard testimonies from eyewitnesses of the shooting, local investigators and the BLM ranger whose stolen gun was used in the crime. in San Francisco, Calif. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group), A memorial to Kate Steinle covers the bench that is dedicated to her at Pier 14 on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 the location where Kate Steinle was shot and killed while walking with her father in San Francisco, Calif. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group), Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez listens to a witness testify in court Tuesday morning, Aug. 25, 2015, in San Francisco, Calif., during a preliminary hearing in the Pier 14 killing of Kate Steinle this past July. Kate had joined Medtronic just a few months before we had our second child, when our older daughter was just over 3 years old. Her case is among the most disturbing miscarriages of justice, from top to bottom, for Pleasanton in the nearly two decades that the Weekly has been in publication, writes the Weekly's editorial board. Her death was caused by a bullet.
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