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Immigration,
Criminal

Nov. 21, 2017

Prosecutor portrays Steinle killer as determined to shoot someone

A prosecutor in the Kate Steinle murder case characterized the defendant as a twisted killer while the Mexican national’s attorney said his client had no motive to kill a total stranger at San Francisco’s Pier 14 in 2015 during closing arguments Monday in the closely watched murder trial.

SAN FRANCISCO — A prosecutor in the Kate Steinle murder case characterized the defendant as a twisted killer while the Mexican national’s attorney said his client had no motive to kill a total stranger in 2015 during closing arguments Monday in the closely watched murder trial.

Assistant District Attorney Diana Garcia painted the defendant, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, as a sinister figure who plotted Steinle’s death at San Francisco’s ...

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