Mexican man sentenced to time served in 2015 San Francisco pier killing of Kate Steinle
In this July 17, 2015, file photo, flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle remain at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco. A California federal judge on Monday, June 6, 2022, sentenced the Mexican national who shot Steinle along a San Francisco pier to the seven years he’s already spent in jail. The sentence brings to a legal close a tragedy that ignited a national firestorm over immigration, crime and sanctuary cities such as San Francisco. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
PUBLISHED: June 7, 2022 at 5:20 a.m. | UPDATED: June 7, 2022 at 5:52 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Monday sentenced the Mexican man acquitted of murder in the 2015 shooting death of a woman on a San Francisco pier to the seven years he’s already spent in jail — bringing to a legal close the case that ignited a national firestorm over immigration, crime and sanctuary cities.
Jose Inez Garcia Zarate was in the U.S. illegally when Kate Steinle, 32, was fatally shot along a crowded Pier 14 where she was walking with her father and a family friend. He faces deportation and U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria told him in court to never return to the U.S.
The shooting shocked a country already divided over immigration and fueled Donald Trump’s successful campaign for president. Trump called for a crackdown on unlawful immigration and the sanctuary cities and states — including San Francisco and California — that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
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