The process is the punishment. Man acquitted in San Francisco shooting after being jailed more than a year awaiting trial - CBS San Francisco
A jury in San Francisco acquitted a man who had been in custody for more than a year on an attempted murder charge, finding he was defending himself and his girlfriend when he shot a man who had assaulted him, authorities said Thursday.
Mario Ramirez had spent the last year in jail awaiting trial, nearly nine months past a constitutionally-mandated trial deadline due to the extreme trial backlog in San Francisco Superior Court, according to a press statement from the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
Case as it has been explained in the press was clearly self-defense. The couple did everything to avoid the guy who got shot - who admitted being on methamphetamine - assaulted the shooter earlier in the day. The couple didn't go home for hours, because the assailant knew where they lived, and they were hoping to avoid him.
He did get convicted of parole violations and a gun charge. I suppose the DA thought that they would convict him on anything, because he is bad, or something.
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