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Clean out death row with no mercy

Wait, what? The suspected shooter of an apparently random shooting in San Francisco (Kathryn Steinle who was walking with her dad at Pier 14 enjoying the day) has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times?!

What is wrong with this picture, people? Is anyone paying attention? That could have been any one of us or a family member taken from us for no apparent reason.

We need to clean out death row now (yes, by putting everyone who’s in there to death) and start filling it up again only to purge it every couple of years instead of every hundred or so years.

I say Francisco Sanchez is the best person to start the new group with, no deportation so he has an opportunity to come back.

Take care of the crime here and in a timely manner, no mercy.

Lori Miller, Clovis

This story was originally published July 12, 2015 at 6:30 AM with the headline "Clean out death row with no mercy."

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