Steinle Killer Acquitted in the Sanctuary State
The acquittal of Kate Steinle's killer (story link below) does not portend well for all of us who live in the sanctuary state of California. Repeat offender illegal immigrants shielded from the law, and killers released -- convicted not for killing an innocent young woman, but for the even "worse" offense of illegally possessing a gun! A horrible chain of events that never should have happened. But this is the Progressive/Left sympathetic view of illegal immigrants, clearly held by the San Francisco jury. More sympathy for the illegal immigrant than for the dead victim and her family, and perverted justice.
I witnessed it personally years ago serving on a jury trial of a young illegal immigrant accused of stealing auto parts. He needed a translator, and while the evidence was overwhelming, one female juror would not listen to reason or state her reasons other than sympathy for the defendant, and her own interpretation of what was the law and just. We even asked if there were a video if it would make a difference, and she admitted no. And so it ended in a hung jury, and his acquittal. What did he (and others) learn? That he could get away with that and maybe more.
And now this murderer gets to go back to Mexico scot-free, able to again, for the 6th time, re-enter the U.S. illegally, to commit further crimes as he's done before. Catch-and-release at its worst -- until we have more effective border enforcement and don't release when caught.
This is the same mentality that is more concerned about any controls on immigration from countries exporting terrorists than for the continuing terrorist attacks slaughtering our citizens like in San Bernardino & Manhattan. But when it comes close enough to home, like Dianne Feinstein's attacker, they will carry a weapon for self-defense, or have hired security. Until then, they just can't think that it might happen to them, or empathize with other victims.
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