A California federal judge has sentenced the Mexican man who fatally shot a woman along a San Francisco pier to the seven years he’s already spent in jail.
FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. A California federal judge on Monday, June 6, 2022, sentenced the Mexican national who shot a woman along a San Francisco pier to the seven years he's already spent in jail. The sentence brings to a legal close a tragedy that ignited a national firestorm over immigration, crime and sanctuary cities such as San Francisco.
He was acquitted of homicide charges by a San Francisco jury in 2017 but faced firearms charges in federal court. In March,and a person illegally in the country in possession of a firearm. The maximum sentence on the firearms charges was 10 years. Prosecutors agreed to the sentence of time served plus three years of probation. Garcia Zarate's lawyers wanted a shorter sentence so he could apply any time left over in case the judge in Texas imposes additional prison time.
Garcia Zarate"feels horrible about what happened, and that he’s very sorry and apologizes,” his lawyer, Mike Hinckley, said in court Monday.
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