Thanks for the ping.
It seems that everyone is ignoring the essence of the posted article. I know Mark Brewer. He is a very good lawyer. He appeared as amicus in the appeal.
I read his brief. It is excellent. Everyone should read it. He raised fundamental issues that the defendants retained lawyers -- both trial and appellate -- failed to raise.
The gist of the article -- and the brief -- is that the statute under which Ramos and Compean were convicted and sentenced to 10 years is not a statute that proscibes any illegality whatsoever. It is merely a statute that says if your are found guilty of certain crimes, then in the sentencing you can be assessed an extra 10 years if you used a firearm in the commission of that crime.
Ramos and Compean were indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced for a non-existent crime.
Thanx for the ping, calcowgirl. I like the filing that was made and I think it has a chance. Otherwise, every policeman now in uniform will worry that some headline grabbing prosecutor, like Sutton, will try to railroad them for discharging their weapon in the line of duty.
I have to go on a trip and will not be back until Friday. At that time I’ll take a closer look at this Thread. I see our skeptical friends are out trying to nitpick. As long as Scooter is a free man, these Border Agents should not spend another day in jail.
I see Bob blamed Ramos and Compean for messing up the Davila case. In fact, it was Sutton who chose not to pursue it farther lest he mess up his persecution (sic) of R & C. I believe a closer examination, if it is ever allowed, of the second reported crossing will show the same thing. Sutton will not release the evidence of the case because it is “pending’ and I bet you he tries to keep it pending until he is out of office.
CC-girl, I leave you my “proxy” to argue on my behalf while I am gone. 8)