One small detail is left out: They weren’t convicted for shooting the drug smuggler. They were convicted because of what they did to cover it up.
“One small detail is left out: They weren’t convicted for shooting the drug smuggler...”
Actually, they were convicted of assault. But not on a drug smuggler as they didn’t know that he was at the time they shot him. They didn’t even know if he was an illegal.
They just shot him because he made them look bad.
WHich is an even bigger mystery, since their supervisors were there after the incident.
That crime, cover up, if it even ocurred, was a slap on teh wrist. Instead some dumb prick of a prosecutor decided to be the first in the country to try to use a law that adds 10 years to a sentence. Complete and utter misapplication.