Kate Steinle’s Brother: System’s ’Epic Failure’ Led to Sister’s Murder

The brother of Kate Steinle, who was shot on July 1, 2015, by a seven-time felon and five-times deported illegal alien, said the system’s “epic failure” led to Jose Garcia Zarate being released, on the streets, and with a loaded handgun.

Brad Steinle made the remark in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper just days before a San Francisco jury found Zarate not guilty of murdering Kate Steinle, a crime he admitted to committing in an interview with a local television station.

The published story included the family’s reaction to the not guilty verdict and the conviction of possession of a firearm.

“We’re just shocked — saddened and shocked … that’s about it,” Kate’s father, Jim Steinle, said. “There’s no other way you can coin it. Justice was rendered, but it was not served.”

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