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Improperly-crafted indictment
Posted by Raven on September 24th, 2007
While the world, and all it’s leftist fans watched the circus act at Columbia University today- this little bit of news doesn’t seem to have made it to the blogs yet.
Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents sentenced to lengthy prison terms for shooting a drug-smuggling suspect have asked a federal appeals court to overturn their convictions, saying they were charged with a nonexistent crime and convicted after the jury was given improper instructions by the trial judge.
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Mr. Brewer said in a 20-page motion that the “improperly-crafted indictment” misfocused the agents, counsel and jury on a nonexistent crime of unlawful discharge of a firearm, because the agents were authorized to possess, carry and use a firearm in the normal course of their job.
I might have missed it? Did Bush deny a pardon or has he not made a decision yet?
What really pisses me off is the sentiment of this statement:
“Instead of prosecuting the drug smuggler, the Justice Department filed a dozen felony charges against two agents trying to do their job.”
Sick. Just sick.
