Sen. Boxer calls for death penalty in SF cop killer case

[Kadie]

Sen. Boxer calls for death penalty in SF cop killer case

ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, May 4, 2004

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(05-04) 17:41 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

Sen. Barbara Boxer on Tuesday called for the death penalty for the killer of a San Francisco police officer and asked the U.S. Attorney's office to prosecute the case.

"I hope you will come into this case as a prosecutor to assure the public that the full force of the law will be brought to bear and that the killer pays the ultimate price for his actions," Boxer wrote in a letter to Kevin Ryan, U.S. Attorney for the Northern California.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that the U.S. Attorney's office was investigating the case, but Ryan's office declined to confirm that. Ryan spokesman Matthew Jacobs said Tuesday there would be no comment on the case.

District Attorney Kamala Harris has said she won't seek the death penalty in the murder of Officer Isaac Espinoza, the first on-duty San Francisco Police officer killed in 10 years. Harris took office three months ago after running on an anti-death penalty platform.

more... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/04/state2041EDT0156.DTL

[slackmaster]

1. What's gotten into her?

First she's in favor of armed airline pilots, now this. She's almost acting as if there was an election this year or something.

:shrug:

[genius]

2. The CA Dem Party just officially called for an end to the death penalty

Barbara must have forgotten to which party she belongs.