[Bob J]

Well, first they didn’t shoot a professional drug smuggler, they shot a fleeing suspect who later turned out to be a drug smuggler. The difference may be slight to you but in legal terms it’s significant.

As for the terms, Compean got one year and Ramos two but because their convictions involved using a gun they were subject to a ten year mandatory sentence.

And that is where most of the issue lies. Most, including me, do not believe LEO’s should be subject to this law in the course of their jobs, unless, they were involved in some sort of premeditated corruption. This law was intended for the real bad guys but when it was written they did not include language to exempt cops.

[dragnet2]

Well, first they didn’t shoot a professional drug smuggler

Of course they did. The suspect was moving drugs since he was 14, involving occasional large sums of money among other things.