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Originally Posted by Kevin
Bush's final two pardons went to two border patrol agents convicted of attempting to murder (they shot off 15 rounds only once hitting the victim in the ass) a man at a traffic stop, and attempting to cover it up.
In my verrrry red state, apparently the fact that the victim here turned out to be a Mexican drug smuggler is enough to excuse these agents of any sort of crime. Is the sentiment the same elsewhere?
I think these guys got off light with 10-year sentences and should have served every damn day.
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One got a 10 year sentence and the other got 12.
I think the sentiment here is mixed (well seeing as how the agents are from here). In my opinion, they are guilty. The guy they shot, albeit a drug smuggler, was running away from the agents and trying to cross the Rio Grande.
The agents claimed they shot in self-defense, because they thought he was armed. Plus, they supposedly tried to tamper with the evidence (by picking up the shell casings) and they never filed a report on the shooting.
They got a mandatory 10 year sentence for "discharging a firearm during the act of a crime." That is what most people here have an issue with--the mandatory sentence.
I personally think they should be in prison, whether the guy was a drug smuggler or not it shouldn't matter.