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  • Juries Often Disagree with Official Findings in Drug War Deaths

    02/19/2003 5:06:43 PM PST · by jayef · 4 replies · 227+ views
    MySanAntonio.com ^ | 2/14/2003 | Rick Casey
    Given that Drug Enforcement Administration officials already have said 14-year-old Ashley Villarreal caused her own death, we shouldn't hold our breath for that agency's investigation into the tragedy. Can't police agencies learn to at least pretend they are conducting a thorough investigation before declaring their agents free of blame? The problem is, when juries get to examine all the facts, they often disagree: Take the case of David Aguilar of Three Points, Ariz., a small town outside Tucson. Aguilar wasn't 14, but 44. He had moved with his family from Tucson to get his children away from drugs and gangs....