That's an administrative infraction, not cause for a sentence longer than the average carjacker or rapist.
‘That’s an administrative infraction,’
Ah, no. Its a criminal act, one that involved ‘conspiracy’.
’ not cause for a sentence longer than the average carjacker or rapist.’
I tink the sentence was too harsh. but I don’t have any problem with the verdict.
It’s not an administrative infraction if they shoot an unarmed fleeing suspect, as the jury decided. Compean signed a statement he wrote himself saying he told another agent at the station that he thought Ramos had hit the guy. So all this “they didn’t know they shot someone” is hooey and just another lie in the cover up.
Another constant proclamation from R&C supporters is that R&C received a longer sentence than murderers, rapists and carjackers. That may be true but it is immaterial. First, this was a federal crime in federal court subject to federal laws, one of which was the mandatory ten for using a gun during the commission of a crime. You are comparing apples to oranges when you put this crime next to those handled by local cities and states, who do not have mandatory sentencing.
If you want to compare sentencing, do some research on the sentences of those convicted in federal court for the same crimes on which R&C were convicted.
The last thing I’d like to point out is that the Judge, whom R&C supporters constantly attack and condemn, did back flips to reduce the sentence of R&C to the minimum she could. Taking away the 10 year mandatory, she sentenced them to one and two years respectively for all the other counts on which they were convicted, including assault, destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice.
Notice that all this grandstanding and demagoguery that is being exhibited by politicians calling for a pardon has not been accompanied by legislation to correct what they claim to be a miscarriage of justice, the 10 year mandatory being applied to LEO’s. In other words, a cop accused today of the same crime is STILL going to be subject to that 10 years in prison.
One would think if they were that outraged by what happened they would immediately work to fix that. But they haven’t, preferring to make grandiose pronouncements about righting the wrong visited on R&C...but doing nothing to keep other LEO’s from suffering the same fate.
Makes one think.