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Immigration,
Criminal

Dec. 1, 2017

Mexican national acquitted of murder, manslaughter in Steinle killing

In a verdict that prompted audible gasps in the courtroom, a Mexican national was found not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of a woman he shot on a San Francisco pier Thursday in a case that thrust San Francisco to the forefront of immigration policy around sanctuary cities.

Mexican national acquitted of murder, manslaughter in Steinle killing
Judge Samuel K. Feng in his chambers at the SF Hall of Justice.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a verdict that prompted audible gasps in the courtroom, a Mexican was found not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of a woman he shot on a San Francisco pier Thursday in a case that thrust San Francisco to the forefront of immigration policy around sanctuary cities.

Jurors delivered the verdict on the sixth day of deliberations in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who was wanted for a sixth deportation when ...

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