5th Circuit Upholds Prison Terms For Border Agents
NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court has refused to throw out lengthy prison sentences for two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant and lying about it.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Monday upheld most of the convictions against former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.
The appeals court vacated their convictions for tampering with an official proceeding, but the three-judge panel refused to reverse the convictions that resulted in their lengthy sentences.
Ramos and Compean were convicted in 2006 and sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison, respectively. Both men claimed they shot at Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, an illegal immigrant and admitted drug smuggler, in self defense.
(AP)
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Bush needs to pardon these 2 right now! they were just doing their jobs and should not be in prison.
oh and piss on the 5th circuit
July 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pmDisgusting situation, props to glen beck for staying on top of this story since the beginning and I have zero faith that bush will pardon them if he hasn’t already.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pmTime for a jail break where Ramos and Compean are released and 2 illegals are put in their place.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:36 pmMaybe Bush will announce in his last day as president a pardon.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:02 pmThe prosecutor in the case is a close close friend of Bush’s.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pmPlus Bush was doing everything he could to be palsy with the Prez of Mexico.
No chance of a pardon.
We the citizens must put this on the front news, so Bush is made to look a fool unless he does pardon them.
These guys were totally railroaded.
One of several major disappointments of the Bush administration. Just another example of how out of touch he and his advisors(Rove) are/were with the American people.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:48 pmBush has his mouth so full of Mexican choda that he is an embarrassment to good Americans. Juan McCain is just as big an illegal dick sucker. Obama and his crew are even lower… This is so sad, Corporate puppets as our leaders… if you can call them that. Time to get out the plunger and push the turds back down the sewer.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pm