[hellbender]

As others have posted, the charge is not that the convicted agents filed a false report, but that they didn't file any written report. However, BP rules did not require them to do so, anyway. The supervisors who were supposed to file reports did not do so, yet those supervisors were given immunity by the prosecutors, who were determined to make Ramos and Compean the scapegoats.
And let's quit this nonsense of saying juries never make mistakes. If juries are always perfect, why do we have people who were on death row for years suddenly discovered to have been completely innocent all along, thanks to DNA evidence? Everyone-- prosecution, judge, jury--was damn sure they were guilt, and everyone was wrong.

[pollyannaish]

Huh. That's not what I read in several thorough reports. I'll go back and check my facts and sources.

And YES, juries make horrible mistakes. That's what appeals are for. If new information comes to light, and I see other evidence, I can change my mind. But my biggest concern is that at this point, we are acting as if they are not guilty simply because "they are on our side." I absolutely do not agree with that. I think we need to be more careful, reasoned and less prone to hysteria. It causes really bad decisions.