...Mary Stillinger, the lawyer for Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, filed a motion Tuesday to have the verdict set aside and a new trial ordered for the two agents after three jurors said they were coerced by other jurors into finding the agents guilty.This will most likely be a part of whatever appeal is planned.
The Daily Bulletin interviewed two of the jurors in late August, after Ramos and his family broke their 18-month silence about the case in an exclusive interview with the newspaper. Robert Gourley and Claudia Torres told the Daily Bulletin they voted guilty because they did not believe Judge Kathleen Cardone would accept a hung jury.
A third juror, Edine Woods, told Stillinger that the three were still voting not guilty after two days of deliberations. The three said they were misled into finding Ramos and fellow agent Jose Compean guilty, according to Stillinger's motion...
Immigration · Thu, 10/19/2006 - 13:45 · · Importance: 1
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Comments
The penalty for bad jurors is you lose your country to the Mexican mafia , you have to live in a tribal Socialist state, you're subjected to mob rule and you're a minority forever.
Posted by: Smitty at Oct 20, 2006 11:18 AM
Don't get bent out of shape. Ramos and Campean will win on appeal.
Posted by: George at Oct 19, 2006 6:12 PM
what this tells me is "we have no borders", and anyone getting in the way of open political race borders, "will go to prison".
sad world buy guns you may need weapons in the black future coming. and may god help you all.
sad world 2006.
Posted by: Fred Dawes at Oct 19, 2006 5:55 PM