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My dad passed away in 2013. His last words to me were, "Whatever it takes, you protect your mom and you fight to
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keep Steve in prison." Kina Solano was only 18 years old when she was shot in the head and killed by
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her boyfriend. With the flash of a gun, my whole world just got turned upside down. Steven
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Burns was convicted of murdering Kina Serno in 1979. He just looks dangerous. It's like a killer face. If you looked
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at his eyes, there is nothing behind him. He has no soul. My name is Nina Solano and I am
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the sister of Kina. Steven Burns was sentenced to 17 years to life. In 1990, after just 10 years, Steven
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Burns came up for parole. My parents, my sister Regina, myself, and friends and family traveled to Bakavville State
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Prison to protest his release. As a father, I closed her casket and buried my 18-year-old child who was murdered by
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this animal. [Music] This is a body bag of my daughter. This is what you did to her,
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Steve. 46 years since Kina's death has not diminished one ounce of that pain. Where are we going? We are heading to
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the Sanw King County District Attorney's Office. I am shaky. Very shaky you are right
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now. How many parole hearings have you told? Number 13. You've been at every single one of
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these? Yes, every single one. As Steve Burns heads into his 13th parole hearing. What are you thinking?
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I'm thinking that he's no longer a risk to commit the kind of crime he committed
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coming into prison. I've known Steve Burns for over two decades. You don't think he's a danger? I think he's a
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serious danger if he were to be released. If somebody looked at this and said, "It's been 45 years. Is this now
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just about vengeance?" No, it's not. Keeping Steven's jail is not about vengeance for
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me. It's fear. Fear for my family. I think he has a very good chance of being found suitable. Isn't it likely at one
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of these hearings he's going to get out? That's my biggest fear is him getting out.
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