Kamala Harris refused to seek the death penalty for a convicted cop killer and people weren't happy about it. The situation was so bad that even other Democrats were giving her trouble for it. CNN showed a video of Kamala Harris defending her decision to not seek the death penalty for a cop killer. A political news report on NBC News talked about the situation:
Four months after Harris was sworn in, a gang member shot and killed police Officer Isaac Espinoza in April 2004. She declined to charge the gunman with a capital offense, sparing him from the death penalty. Harris’ decision rankled California’s political leadership.
During Espinoza’s funeral, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., slammed Harris’ decision. “This is not only the definition of tragedy, it’s the special circumstance called for by the death penalty law,” Feinstein said at the time.
