butterbean
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 Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject: Border Agents Denied Delay |
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EL PASO, Texas -- The two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a drug smuggler in the buttocks last year were denied a postponement of their sentencing during a heated court hearing Tuesday.
Lawyers for the agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, hope that a congressional hearing to review the case, which has been promised for the week of Nov. 13, would reduce the sentencing guidelines that apply in the case. Mary Stillinger, Ramos' lawyer, said her idea was that the hearings, which have not been formally scheduled by the House Judiciary Committee, could lead to legislation to exclude law enforcement officers from mandatory weapons sentences meant for criminals.
"Obviously we're disappointed,"
Stillinger said. "We'll be ready to proceed at sentencing next week. I was just hoping that the case would be held until it was reviewed by Congress. The one-million-dollar question is `Would the congressional hearing have helped our clients?' We can't see into the future so that's why I wanted the sentencing postponed."
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http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4473120
 I think all Americans are disappointed. Our government should be ashamed. Two border patrol agents get treated shamefully, while Mexican 'CRAP' gets to go free. Shame on President Bush and Atty Gen. Gonzales for their UN-involvement. |
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