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...but is it true what the prosecutor said

No. I'll just give you one example.

Sutton (from your post): The agents were convicted, NOT for shooting at the fleeing suspect, but for hiding the fact that a shooting even took place, even going so far as to police the scene for shell casings and blood.

Reality:

On the civil rights and "tampering" charges (a. picking up shell casings--Compean only--and b. failing to verbally report to a supervisor that there was a shooting--even though he was well aware of it) Ramos and Compean were sentenced to 1 and 2 years respectively for all charges.

BUT... for Use Of A Firearm In Relation To A Crime Of Violence, Assault With A Dangerous Weapon and Assault With Serious Bodily Injury, they got 10 YEARS each. It was characterized as these two going on a killing spree and not just excessive force in the course of attempting to arrest the alien.

Sutton lies.

"Sutton notes that the agents not only shot an unarmed man while he was fleeing toward the Mexican border, but also tried to cover up the crime by disposing of their shell casings and not reporting the incident to their supervisor."

The bullet taken from the creep could NOT be tied to either of the Border Patrol agents weapons. Could a man, who was shot like the creep, continue to run after being shot? The BP agents didn't think they hit the guy. Second, they did verbally report to their supervisor on the discharge of their weapons.

Too bad 'nifong' has already become the verb for being railroaded by an out of control prosecutor or we could be talking about being 'suttoned'. Picking up the brass could be for two reason: 1. Don't litter or 2. Re-loading. But that's now a cover up? There were 9 (or 12?) BP agents and supervisors at the scene discussing what happened. Ah, where's the cover up? Actually, the cover up continues. They still don't have a complete trial transcript 9 months after the trial. One BP agent, who testified against the good guys, had long-time connections to the illegal, invading, drug smuggling creep. That wasn't disclosed.

Johnny Sutton and BP Management told Congress all sorts of lies, which they've now re-tracked. Yup, there's a cover up alright, but look to Sutton and BP managers for the location.