Original post at 1025AM, this one has almost 200 replies.
some still thinking the US Attorney did not wrong.
One person even made the comment that they killed the dope runner but later corrected it. some people are so gulliable


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Supreme Court refuses ex-Border Patrol agents' appeal
Associated Press
March 23, 2009, 10:25AM

Court has refused to hear an appeal from two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler and trying to cover it up.

The high court refused to consider an appeal from Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

The former agents were convicted in 2006 of shooting Osvaldo Aldrete Davila near El Paso on the Texas-Mexico border. Investigators said the agents never reported the shooting and tried to cover it up by picking up several spent gun shells.

Both former agents said they thought Aldrete was armed.

Their conviction had been affirmed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. They served two years in prison before getting their 10-year sentences commuted by President George W. Bush.
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40 comments, with some people refusing to believe that Sutton and his office lied or withheld evidence

Supreme Court refuses to hear border agents' appeal
By SUSAN CARROLL
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
March 23, 2009, 2:21PM

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler and trying to cover it up.

Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean served roughly two years of their respective 12-year and 11-year prison sentences before President George W. Bush commuted their sentences Jan. 19. The commutations resulted in the former agents’ early release from federal prison, but did not wipe the criminal convictions from their records.

Ramos’ attorney, David Botsford, said today he was disappointed the court declined to hear the case, but added that he still plans to file a motion to vacate Ramos’ conviction in federal court. Robert Baskett, Compeans’ attorney, said he and his client also are considering their options since the court declined to hear the case.

The former agents were convicted in 2006 of shooting Osvaldo Aldrete Davila near El Paso on the Texas-Mexico border as he tried to flee to Mexico. Aldrete Davila, a drug smuggler, survived the shooting and testified against the former agents. Ramos and Compean were found guilty by a federal jury on charges of assault, violation of civil rights, use of a firearm during a crime of violence and obstruction of justice.

Their conviction was affirmed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

The agents’ prosecution and lengthy prison sentences became a cause célèbre and fueled the debate over illegal immigration, offering fodder for conservative talk shows. Compean and Ramos were supported by several members of Congress and benefited from a grass-roots campaign lobbying Bush to offer them a full pardon.

susan.carroll@chron.com