{"id":36935,"date":"2019-08-31T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36935"},"modified":"2019-08-31T13:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T17:43:32","slug":"when-justice-isnt-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36935","title":{"rendered":"When Justice Isn’t Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article today about some recent actions of a California court.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

A California court overturned the conviction Friday of a five-time deported homeless illegal immigrant who shot Kate Steinle in 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 1st District Court of Appeals ruled that the trial judge erred in not giving the jury \u201cthe momentary possession instruction,\u201d NPR reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is undisputed that defendant was holding the gun when it fired. But that fact alone does not establish he possessed the gun for more than a moment. To possess the gun, defendant had to know he was holding it,\u201d the appellate court wrote, according to NPR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate<\/a> was deported five times before he shot Steinle on a San Fransisco pier in 2015. Zarate was a seven-time convicted felon and Mexican national. Before he shot Steinle, Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer for Zarate with the San Francisco sheriff\u2019s office. The office did not honor the request, according to former Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan\u2019s statement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

A jury acquitted<\/a> Garcia-Zarate of the charge of murdering Steinle in November 2017 but convicted him of being a felon in possession of a gun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So the argument is that the defendant did not know that he was holding the gun when he shot Kate Steinle?! And that argument worked!? Something is seriously wrong with our justice system.<\/p>\n

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