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It’s too bad this wasn’t televised, like the OJ murder trial, so people could see the evidence, hear the testimony, the arguments of counsel, evaluate the hits and misses for themselves.

Yes... that would have been great.

But sometimes a case takes on a wider significance beyond the facts of the case, as proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The Dred Scott case comes to mind.

The picture posted above, with the caption "A beautiful Fuck YOU to Trump" seems to show that this is more significant than your average "not guilty".



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Anyone who refuses to see this as a miscarriage of justice is part of the problem. None of us really cares about the details of who dropped the ball or why.




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Anyone who refuses to see this as a miscarriage of justice is part of the problem. None of us really cares about the details of who dropped the ball or why.


EXACTLY!


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Will we be able to read transcripts from the trial?

Would it include jury deliberations, perhaps with the names masked?


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Will we be able to read transcripts from the trial?

Would it include jury deliberations, perhaps with the names masked?


Transcripts would never include jury deliberations. They are not recorded.
 
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There is right, and there is wrong. And sometimes those two things can't be found written down in a book. This result was wrong, but it is done.

Our system is not perfect, and personally I feel the prosecution overreached. I don't see how they could have proved what they charged "beyond a reasonalble doubt". Was that by design? Who knows.

As another poster noted the one possible positive out of this is that normal people, not the far left, not the far right, will look at this and say that it was wrong. And what could have prevented it? If he was never here in the first place. That would have prevented it.
 
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Our system is not perfect, and personally I feel the prosecution overreached. I don't see how they could have proved what they charged "beyond a reasonalble doubt". Was that by design? Who knows.


Overcharged how? I asked this on the second page of this thread. If not involuntary manslaughter, what else could he have been charged with that would've brought justice?


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He was formally charged with first degree murder and then changed to second degree murder correct? That's not involuntary manslaughter which I believe could have been proved. I don't know California laws but manslaughter and murder are usually defined as two different things. Intent being a key ingredient.
 
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He was formally charged with first degree murder and then changed to second degree murder correct? That's not involuntary manslaughter which I believe could have been proved. I don't know California laws but manslaughter and murder are usually defined as two different things. Intent being a key ingredient.


He was found not guilty of first degree murder, second degree murder, and involuntary manslaughter.


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He was formally charged with first degree murder and then changed to second degree murder correct? That's not involuntary manslaughter which I believe could have been proved. I don't know California laws but manslaughter and murder are usually defined as two different things. Intent being a key ingredient.


He was found not guilty of first degree murder, second degree murder, and involuntary manslaughter.

Exactly, the jury could have returned a guilty charge on any of three homicide charges.
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Garcia Zarate faced a charge of second-degree murder, but jurors also were allowed to consider first-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter convictions. Link


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Ahh. Don't see how the last one passed. I was listening to Fox this AM before work and they only mentioned the murder charges. Figures. Accident or not, I don't see how he is not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. If my Sig "went off" in a Seven Eleven parking lot, the round then skipped off the concrete and went into a pile of Mexicans looking for work you could be dam sure I'd be guilty if one died.

There was just a headline on the Fox app about the DOJ charging him. Got to read it.
 
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Will straight conservative white people be rioting in San Francisco tonight?


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Ahh. Don't see how the last one passed. I was listening to Fox this AM before work and they only mentioned the murder charges. Figures. Accident or not, I don't see how he is not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. If my Sig "went off" in a Seven Eleven parking lot, the round then skipped off the concrete and went into a pile of Mexicans looking for work you could be dam sure I'd be guilty if one died.

There was just a headline on the Fox app about the DOJ charging him. Got to read it.


Here are some more details on the charges, it got bumped from the bottom of the last page:

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I heard yesterday that 4 of the jury are immigrants.


Three of the jurors were immigrants:
http://www.mercurynews.com/201...-jose-garcia-zarate/

Jurors were instructed to consider 2nd degree murder, but were allowed to go with 1st degree murder OR involuntary manslaughter. Those were the only allowable verdicts.
http://abc7news.com/jury-in-ka...s-for-judge/2701947/

It would appear to easily meet the requirements for involuntary manslaughter. In fact, I don't see how it couldn't meet these requirements:
California's Involuntary Manslaughter Law Penal Code 192 (b) PC

Involuntary manslaughter in California occurs when one person kills another unintentionally, either

while committing a crime that is not an inherently dangerous California felony, OR
while committing a lawful act which might produce death, without due caution.1
Under California Penal Code 192(b), the key feature of California involuntary manslaughter is that it does not require intent to kill another person—unlike Penal Code 187 murder, which requires “malice aforethought.”2

And California's involuntary manslaughter law does not include actions that fit the definition above but involve a car. Those will be charged under California's vehicular manslaughter laws.3

Dr. Conrad Murray , the pop star Michael Jackson's personal physician, is probably California's most famous involuntary manslaughter defendant in recent years.

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for prescribing Jackson a surgical anesthetic that eventually killed him. He received a jail sentence of four (4) years—the maximum penalty for involuntary manslaughter.4

Examples

Here are some additional examples of behavior that could lead to involuntary manslaughter charges in California:

A man steals a bicycle that has been left outside of a store (thus committing the California misdemeanor crime of petty theft). As he is riding away on the bicycle, he strikes a pedestrian who eventually dies of her injuries.
During a fight with her husband, a woman retrieves her gun and waves it at him to threaten him (thus violating Penal Code 417 PC, California's brandishing a weapon law). The gun accidentally fires, killing the husband.
A farm owner forces his workers to pick vegetables in record-breaking heat. One of them, a pregnant woman, collapses and dies of heatstroke.
A woman has a dog that has attacked people on several occasions. She lets the dog run off-leash at a dog park, and the dog mauls another dog owner who is at the park--leading to charges of both involuntary manslaughter and Penal Code 399 PC failing to control a dangerous animal.
Penalties

Involuntary manslaughter is a felony in California law. Potential penalties include

Two (2), three (3) or four (4) years in jail, and
A fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).5
Legal defenses

As a California homicide crime, involuntary manslaughter is punished harshly—and is a serious strike on someone's criminal record. It is worth fighting these charges with all you've got.

A California criminal defense lawyer could help you bring some of the following legal defenses against Penal Code 192(b) charges:

You acted in self-defense / defense of others;
The killing was an accident (and not a result of your criminal activity or negligence);
There is insufficient evidence to support your conviction; and
You were falsely accused.



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DOJ files arrest warrant for illegal immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle case:

The Department of Justice unsealed an arrest warrant Friday for Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, the illegal immigrant acquitted Thursday in Kate Steinle’s murder trial.

Zarate was found not guilty of murdering Steinle on a pier in San Francisco in July 2015. Steinle was walking with her father and a family friend when she was shot, collapsing into her father's arms.

Zarate had been released from a San Francisco jail about three months before the shooting, despite a request by federal immigration authorities to detain him for deportation. The case sparked a widespread national debate over illegal immigration and sanctuary cities.

He was acquitted of first- and second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and found not guilty of assault with a semi-automatic weapon. He was found guilty of posessing a firearm by a felon.

The arrest warrant was originally drafted in 2015 and amended this week to include violations related to the charges of a felon in possession of a firearm, involuntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon, all of which were filed after the defendant's initial arrest, according to Friday's warrant.

Officials at the Department of Justice told Fox News that there is an existing federal detainer that requires Zarate to be remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshals to be transported to the Western District of Texas pursuant to the arrest warrant.

After the verdict, U.S. immigration officials announced late Thursday that Zarate would be deported.

"Following the conclusion of this case, ICE will work to take custody of Mr. Garcia Zarate and ultimately remove him from the country," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017...te-steinle-case.html
 
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Will straight conservative white people be rioting in San Francisco tonight?
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Will straight conservative white people be rioting in San Francisco tonight?


Both of Them? ;-D


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Will straight conservative white people be rioting in San Francisco tonight?


Both of Them? ;-D


Hey now. In our San Francisco office we have 7 men and I know at least 6 of them are straight.




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Will we be able to read transcripts from the trial?

Would it include jury deliberations, perhaps with the names masked?


Nope. Jury deliberations are secret, not reported.

Trial transcripts are kept by the court reporter who collects a fee for transcribing and producing copies.

I can’t say they are never available, because I found online the trial transcript of those two Border Patrolmen who shot the Mexican kid in the butt years ago, on the website of the US Attorney, but it is rare indeed.

It’s too bad. Our only information about these trials come from media reports. Think about one or two areas in which you are expert or near expert. Think about the news stories you read, or media accounts, dealing with these subjects and reflect how often those are accurate, realistic, intelligible. Me, too.

It seems to me that the jury did not accept the evidence as adequate to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the homicide charge, and concluded that it was entirely accidental, for which there was no criminal blame. We can’t really be certain, since we don't have the benefit of reviewing the evidence.




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If we are lucky, this travesty of justice will propel the country to erect the border wall and expel a couple of million illegals.


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DOJ just put out an arrest warrant on this scumbag for federal charges - from Fox News.
 
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