Attorney. his team. prevented crucial evidence from being admitted in the trial. For example. the jury did not learn that the smuggler committed a second smuggling operation while he was under the grant of immunity given by the U.S. attorney. That information was withheld from the jury while it was argued that the agents. that the Border Patrol agents. couldnt have known he was a drug smuggler. even though there was this quantity of drugs in his van. The U.S. attorney had prosecutorial discretion in choosing to do this. and he chose to throw the book at Ramos and Compean while giving the professional drug smuggler a visa that allowed him free passage across our border to smuggle again. The attorneys for Ramos and Compean have filed an appeal with the U.S. circuit court asking for a new trial. They deserve a new trial.
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