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: TalkLeftSupreme Court Lets Border Agents' Convictions Stand
By Jeralyn
Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean lost their bid to have the Supreme Court review their convictions for shooting an unarmed drug smuggler and lying about it.
The agents, already out of prison due to their ten-plus year sentences being commuted to two years by former President Bush, no doubt will be disappointed. I'm not. What's shocking about this case is that some people believe suspected drug dealers from Mexico inevitably deserve to be shot and that it's okay for law enforcement agents to shoot an unarmed suspect who is running away.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).
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