Against the undocumented immigrant who shot and killed kate steinle. Saying the trial judge failed to give jurors complete instructions. Nbc bay area is live in San Francisco. This is a tough reversal for supporters of the steinle family. Reporter it is, jessica. This is the pier where kate steinle was shot and killed. Tonight the man accused of her murder wins in a victory in court because the judge didnt give the jury all of the facts. Kate steinle was shot and killed during a walk with her father four years ago. The disicharged inez garciazarate with her murder. The defense says he pd on piern it, and the gun went off accidentally, shooting steinle. A jury acquitted garciazarate after first and seconddegree murder, but found him guilty on a charge of a felon in possession of a gun. His attorney appealed. To be the the First District court of appeals overturned that conviction, saying the judge failed to instruct the jury to consider garciazarate only momentarily possessed that gun.
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this is a special edition of nightline. hidden america: inside rikers island. good evening. i m rebecca jarvis. tonight diane sawyer takes us inside new york s rikers island jail complex with unprecedented access. we meet the commissioner seeking to restore humanity to the broken system. just last week adding new safety measures to protect city jail staff. another look at this special report. reporter: come with us to rikers island, the biggest jail complex in america, a place haunted by its violent history. 8,000 inmates living in a kind of suspension, a shadow world. if you can survive rikers island, you can survive anything. i d like to kill myself! this is a bad-ass place. reporter: one road in, across a bridge. the inmates have nicknamed this the bridge of pain. on one side of the car we can see the new york skyline, celebrating possibility and hope. and straight ahead, a world apart. we ve been granted unprecedented access. hi, i m sawyer with abc.
this is a special edition of nightline. hidden america: inside rikers island. good evening. i m rebecca jarvis. tonight diane sawyer takes us jail complex with unprecedented access. we meet the commissioner seeking to restore humanity to the broken system. just last week adding new safety measures to protect city jail staff. another look at this special report. reporter: come with us to rikers island, the biggest jail complex in america, a place haunted by its violent history. 8,000 inmates living in a kind of suspension, a shadow world. island, you can survive anything. i d like to kill myself! this is a bad-ass place. reporter: one road in, across a bridge. the inmates have nicknamed this the bridge of pain. on one side of the car we can see the new york skyline, celebrating possibility and hope. and straight ahead, a world apart. we ve been granted unprecedented access. hi, i m sawyer with abc. reporter: our cameras will have seven days inside. 70 hours.
this is a special edition of nightline. hidden america: inside rikers island. good evening. i m rebecca jarvis. ni inside new york s rikers island jail complex with unprecedented access. we meet the commissioner seeking to restore humanity to the broken system. just last week adding new safety measures to protect city jail staff. another look at this special report. reporter: come with us to rikers island, the biggest jail complex in america, a place haunted by its violent history. 8,000 inmates living in a kind if you can survive rikers island, you can survive anything. i d like to kill myself! this is a bad-ass place. reporter: one road in, across a bridge. the inmates have nicknamed this the bridge of pain. on one side of the car we can see the new york skyline, celebrating possibility and hope. and straight ahead, a world apart. we ve been granted unprecedented access. hi, i m sawyer with abc. reporter: our cameras will have seven days inside. 70 hour