But as a former prosecutor, former judge, former chief justice, what
occurred in a decision by the jury in the Kate Steinle homicide is
really extraordinary. You know, when I was handling cases as a felony
judge, I know sometimes juries surprised me. But in this case, for a
jury to find that he wasn't--this person, this illegal alien who had
been deported five times and who should have been deported the sixth,
except San Francisco was protecting him, to the detriment of its
residents, the jury comes back and says he wasn't even negligent in
firing the gun that killed Kate Steinle. I mean, that is just
staggering beyond words. But when a verdict is seen that just goes against what the evidence
shows clearly, I mean, it could have easily found that, yes, they don't
find him to be credible; but, of course, you had the judge--number one,
you had the judge protecting him, going way beyond what would seem
normal to many judges in order to protect this guy.
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