5/5/2004: During a noontime rally on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall today, a wide range of speakers and groups came out in support of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris' decision not to seek the death penalty in the case of David Hill. Hill is the alleged killer of San Francisco police Officer Isaac Espinoza. The speakers included San Francisco Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, and Sophia Maxwell, and actor and anti-death penalty activist Mike Ferrell; as well as representatives of Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation, Amnesty International, and multiple religious groups opposed to the death penalty. All of the speakers strongly supported Kamala Harris who as a candidate for District Attorney promised she would never, in any circumstance, ask for the death penalty. The speakers also condemned the various politicians who have called for the application of the death penalty in this case, including California's two Senators, Dianne Fienstein and Barbara Boxer.
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