Former lawyers for illegal immigrant in Kate Steinle murder case ask Biden for his release
Fox News
The former defense lawyers for an undocumented immigrant convicted in the 2015 killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier and whose case became a flashpoint in the immigration debate are asking President Joe Biden to release him.
The sole conviction was reversed by an appellate court, with a judge finding that the trial judge failed to give the jury the option of acquitting Garcia-Zarate on the theory he possessed the weapon for only a moment.
San Francisco Public Defender's Office Chief Attorney Matt Garcia and Managing Attorney Francisco Ugarte, who represented Garcia-Zarate, said their client found a wrapped object but was unaware it contained a gun. The weapon was accidentally fired and the bullet ricocheted off the pavement and struck Steinle, they said.