A jury acquitted a San Francisco man of murder in a case that absolutely boggles the mind. The victim and the suspect were actually married during the brief 2004 California gay marriage window. They were a couple for 20 years. There was no history of discord between the two. There was no physical evidence linking him to the murder, but evidence showing someone else was involved. After sitting at the victims bedside for weeks until death finally took him, the police arrested the man. With no evidence. The medical examiner that was to testify was suddenly removed from the case. The medical examiner that did testify could not even rule out accidental death. No other suspects were ever pursued or even entertained, even though bloody shoe prints not matching the arrested man were found and video evidence showed someone else entirely.
What we have is a lazy investigation and an attempt to railroad a man into jail so that a conviction could be quickly be logged. In fact, I'm sure that SFPD listed that item as a solved crime in their stats. While I realize that this type of fiasco happens in other states (Glaring Example) I have seen this type of BS from California too many times. I hope one day to win a record California lottery jackpot so that I can tell the news media that the first thing I am doing is moving out of California.
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