By Aaron Pero Published: September 18, 2015, 3:41 pm


FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, right, is lead into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. The parents of Kathryn Steinle filed a wrongful death claim Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 alleging that the San Francisco Sheriff's Department is to blame for releasing an illegal immigrant from jail despite a federal "detainer" request to keep in custody for possible deportation proceedings. A claim is usually a precursor to a lawsuit. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco murder suspect at the center of a national immigration debate is reiterating his not guilty plea.

Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez was required to be arraigned again Friday after a judge ordered him to stand trial on second-degree murder. Lopez-Sanchez had previously pleaded not guilty soon after his July 2 arrest in San Francisco.

Lopez-Sanchez is charged with killing 32-year-old Kate Steinle as she walked with her father on a San Francisco pedestrian pier. Lopez-Sanchez admits to shooting Steinle, but says he found the gun and it accidentally fired when he picked it up.

Lopez-Sanchez has been deported five times and was wanted for a sixth deportation when Steinle was shot and killed.

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