DEPUTY'S KILLER SEEKS FORGIVENESS GARCIA TO SPEND LIFE IN PRISON AFTER LONG EXTRADITION BATTLE.Byline: Staff and Wire Services POMONA -- Nearly five years after gunning down a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop, the man who frustrated a nation by fleeing to his native Mexico to avoid prosecution pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder. Jorge Arroyo Jorge Arroyo (1959- ) He is one of the most popular playwrights in the last decades of the Costa Rican Theater. He was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1959, but he grew up in the province of Alajuela. Garcia, 30, who killed Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Deputy David March David March (born 25 July 1979) is a professional rugby league player for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He plays at hooker. He has a twin brother called Paul March who also plays for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. of Saugus, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole under an agreement reached after he was finally extradited earlier this year. Through an interpreter, Garcia begged March's family in court for forgiveness. "I know someday you will forgive me," he said. "If you see my face and I see your face again, I only want to ask for forgiveness for what I've done, and I know that you will forgive me at an appropriate time. "I know you don't want to listen to me and you don't want to see my face. I know that these words will not take the hatred that you feel for me." As he spoke, tears ran down the face of March's widow, Teri, who had driven from Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, to the hearing with an entourage of her slain husband's colleagues. "I'm relieved beyond words," she said after it was over. "I just never really believe it till it happens -- and it happened." Garcia's demeanor surprised her. "I was somewhat surprisingly pleased by it," she said. "It showed there was some heart there. I expected him to be callous cal·lous adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a callus or callosity. callous of the nature of a callus; hard. and horrible and evil and wicked and he wasn't. It might mean that he gets to live with some guilt the rest of his life in prison. I felt satisfied with that." Forgiveness is something Teri March said she would work on. "I'm going to pray about that," she said. "I'm going to work toward forgiveness. A year ago I hated him so much and that was my drive, to see him punished. He's being punished now. I don't hate him anymore. "It's all so tragic. He threw his life away. He's only 30." Garcia shot March on April 29, 2002, in Irwindale when the deputy pulled over his black Nissan Maxima The Nissan Maxima is a car manufactured by Nissan that is in a line of upper mid-size executive and sports sedans. The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale version of the Bluebird and was spun into its own line in 1980, having been made continuously since then. near Live Oak Avenue and Peck Road. Garcia -- once one of the U.S. Marshals Service's 10 most-wanted fugitives -- fled to his native Mexico. He was handed over to the U.S. Marshals Service The U.S. Marshals Service, a division of the Justice Department, is the oldest federal law enforcement agency, having served as a link between the executive and judicial branches of the government since 1789. The president appoints U.S. marshals for terms of four years. at the San Ysidro border crossing about 5:20 a.m. Jan. 9. |
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