Unbelievable.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The jury in the 2nd-degree murder trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Kate Steinle in 2015 at Pier 14, has reached a verdict. The jury will return its verdict shortly at the San Francisco Superior Court, according to court spokesperson Anne Donlan.
Deliberations among the jury of six women and six men, three of whom are immigrants, lasted the equivalent of six days. Judge Samuel Feng turned the case over to them after nearly five weeks of testimony and arguments. Their first job was to elect a jury foreperson.
The case gained notoriety because Garcia Zarate is an undocumented immigrant who had been deported several times and had several felony convictions.
Update:
Saying guilty of felony possession of weapon.
Illegal alien deported multiple times found not guilty of murdering Kate Steinle when he shot her to death in 2015. #SpecialReport
He was only found guilty of felony possession of a weapon that he stole. pic.twitter.com/hFMNauqWbh
— Ryan Saavedra ?? (@RealSaavedra) December 1, 2017