SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Campaigning on an anti-capital punishment platform was an easy call for Kamala Harris when she ran for district attorney in famously liberal San Francisco. Sticking to that position three months after she got the job has been a lot harder. After the first slaying of an on-duty police officer here in 10 years, Harris has faced mounting pressure to reverse her decision not to seek the death penalty against the officer's accused killer. The San Francisco Police Officers...
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