Hunter BumP!
First, he's all but saying that Ramos and Compean are guilty.
Second, he's talking about murderers, and slight wounds to OAD. Not germane.
Third, he's using analogies from his military experience, and conceding right off the bat that these two hapless schmoes deserve punishment, just lighter punishment than they are currently getting.
If officaldom wants to help these guys, instead of the beau geste, they ought to take some concrete legal steps that would help.
First, try and get these guys released pending appeal. The appeals court already turned down their request on somewhat specious grounds and that should be revisited.
Second, these guys don't need sympathy. They need a new trial in which relevant testimony about the government's chief witness is allowed in.
Instead, Duncan is issuing generalities. Not a good sign.