"I think that should be factored into the equation. So, uh, all those in favor of the verdict raise your hands again...?"
In this case, both the US Attorney and the judge were Bush appointees. It appears that the judge didn't care for the decision of the jury in that she put off the surrender date until January when they'll be appealing, but the US Attorney was all for it.
Considering they apparently didn't know they'd hit the guy, all they did was police their brass.....
Re Bush appointees/nominations, see "Harriet Miers."
That would mitigate the "obstruction of justice" charge on which they were convicted. Lousy defense counsel?
After this that'll be the last time any federal police officer "polices brass".