Two illegal immigrants sentenced for shooting
Posted By: Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* on June 20, 2008

Two illegal immigrants who were involved in shooting a man outside a Springfield apartment in April, during an ambush that was motivated by the shooter’s jealousy over a woman, were sentenced to prison terms Friday in Lane County Circuit Court.

The victim survived. Police made quick arrests and both men eventually pleaded guilty.

The pair had been in line to be released from the overcrowded Lane County Jail before their cases were heard in court, but because they were in the country illegally, they were kept in jail under a federal “holdâ€