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To: P-Marlowe

who is she calling out? Sutton?


95 posted on 07/17/2007 9:55:33 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (Famously frisky)
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To: Leatherneck_MT; xzins; jude24
Cornyn hit the nail on the head when he asked the obvious question "Why shouldn't the border patrol be allowed to shoot a fleeing felon?" Sutton blamed the Supreme Court.

It was also quite telling that Feinstein and Cornyn both criticized Sutton for granting total immunity to the drug smuggler in exchange for his perjured testimony that he wasn't carrying a weapon. The jury was also prevented from knowing the fact that the conviction carried a minimum 10 year prison term and Feinstein was quite clear in her assessment that the offense which carried the minimum 10 year prison term was clearly not intended to apply to a case where the discharge of the firearm was the violent act for which the additional penalty of discharging a firearm in the commission of a felony was attached. There has to be an underlying felony and in this case there wasn't. In other words it is clear that these guys were railroaded by a zealous prosecutor who had no concern for justice. Feinstein made it clear that the statute was intended to apply to guys like Davila and not to border patrol agents who may have overstepped their authority.

Today I was happy to see that my Senator was Feinstein. She has moments of lucidity. Today was one of those moments.

100 posted on 07/17/2007 11:49:11 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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