[Ramius]

NOW GIVE THEM THEIR DAMN JOBS BACK!!!!

Uh, no. I think it's fine to let them off with time served, but their coverup of the shooting shows that they shouldn't be trusted with that job again.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Coverup? How? Their supervisor picked up the shell casings at the site of the shooting incident. GIVE THEM THEIR DAMN JOBS BACK! Anyone who shoots a drug smuggler in the ass is doing it right.

[Clinging Bitterly]

True - the fleeing drug smuggler was not a threat to them and shooting him was not within the allowed forms of engagement for that particular set of circumstances - which is precisely why they chose to not correctly document the event. The first act may well have been dismissed as error, but the second act is a crime, and it is just that they remain convicted.

All of that being said, I wouldn't have objected to a jury pardon in their case, given only what I know about it.