Morning Jolt: No Justice for Kate Steinle

Making the click-through worthwhile: The jury reaches a verdict for the man who shot Kate Steinle, the GOP Senate faces a make-or-break moment, a quartet of superhero shows try to get serious and fail, and wondering what the president really believes.

Sanctuary Jury

Upon hearing that the illegal immigrant who shot and killed Kate Steinle was acquitted of murder, involuntary manslaughter, and assault charges, I was reminded of Robert Wuhl's joke after the O.J. Simpson verdict: "What do you expect? It's California. They haven't convicted anybody since Charles Manson."

The thing is, even if you believe Jose Ines Garcia Zarate's version of events, that he accidentally fired the gun, didn't aim at Steinle, and that she was killed when the bullet ricocheted and struck her, I don't quite understand how his actions wouldn't constitute "involuntary manslaughter."

Check out the definition of "involuntary manslaughter" under California law:

Manslaughter is the unlawful ...

December 01 2017

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