Posted on 06/27/2008 8:38:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO -- The man charged with murdering a San Francisco father and two sons during a traffic incident appeared in court today and listened quietly as he was ordered held without bail.
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He appeared shackled at the waist in a jail jumpsuit, a large tattoo of the Salvadoran national crest visible on the back of his closely shaved head. ...
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The three murder counts carry special circumstances of multiple murder and murder as part of a street gang, which both carry the potential of life imprisonment without parole or the death penalty.
Police say Ramos is a member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, but authorities have not said how the killings were gang motivated.
District Attorney Kamala Harris has previously said she would never seek the death penalty, and has not done so since taking office in 2004. Tony Bologna's widow, Danielle Bologna, has urged her to seek capital punishment in this case.
Harris, who was not in court Friday, has set up a process in which prosecutors meet to determine whether to seek the death penalty. Typically, prosecutors take several months before declaring that they will not seek capital punishment.
The district attorney established that system after being criticized for taking just days after an arrest in the 2004 slaying of police Officer Isaac Espinoza to rule out the death penalty for the suspect. David Hill was eventually convicted of murdering Espinoza and sentenced to life without parole.
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Ramos' immigration status has become a side issue in the case. O'Sullivan says Ramos is in the country legally and has applied for permanent residence here. But Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Friday that the agency believes he is an illegal immigrant and has put an immigration hold on him.
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“..has applied for permanent residence..”
He’ll get it in San Quentin.
The Death Penalty in CA?
Oh, he might die in prison, but it won’t be at the hand of the State of Kalifornia...
Just doing the work our criminals will not do.
Unfortunately, the DA that will oversee this case doesn’t believe in the death penalty. Not that that matters, the death penalty is a joke in CA.
ice can deport him after he’s dead
from her website: (take note of last sentence, sounds familiar - change)
Smart On Crime
Since her election in 2003, Kamala Harris has proved herself to be a District Attorney who not only stands her ground, but breaks new ground in the fight to fix our system of criminal justice.
Her pledge is to move beyond the false choice of being “tough” or “soft” on crime. Kamala Harris is smart on crime...and it’s working.
She’s put more violent and serious felons in state prison, cracked down on gang and gun violence, and protected neighborhoods from drug dealers and quality of life crimes.
At the same time, she’s safeguarded medical marijuana, reached out to keep youth away from violence, and pioneered innovative programs to help men and women released from jail get back on track.
Please take a few moments to see for yourself what Kamala has accomplished, and then get involved in her campaign for change.
Boyfriend: Willie Brown (Mayor of San Francisco, ex)
Boyfriend: Phil Bronstein (San Francisco Chronicle editor, together 2004)
What was this family (assuming they were normal) doing in a place like San Fransicko in the first place?
Of COURSE, Harris will not seek the death penalty.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
ICE, in typical fashion, wants to deport him.
You and I want to put this killer on ICE, and then deport his ass, or what is left of it.
SF D.A. Should put her in jail too. Make nicey, nicey with the inmates. Would fix her ass real soon. Then maybe she’d get a pair and execute these scum. NAH - it’s San Francisco. What else can I say about that place?
she’s also a member of americans for obama, something like that
In Texas, prosecutors never seeking the death penalty (when warranted) are committing a capital offense.
California deserves whatever it gets for tolerating this from public officials.
Good. I'm sure glad ICE is on this. This guy could have done something bad...
That's a winner.
We have one of those here.
girl (?) gov, we got one of those
When was capital punishment last carried out in CA? Just wondering.
“large tattoo of the Salvadoran national crest”
why don’t we laser that off, and give him a girly-man tattoo before he goes in?
Oh brother. Here. Let me go barf now.
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