Awful news from the Fifth Circuit

It looks like the Bush Administration got to them.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed the major counts against former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, reversing only a minor obstruction of justice count.

Despite the prosecution admitting to the appelate judges that their drug-smuggling witness lied on the stand, despite the fact that "It was never the intent of the Congress to have U.S.C. Section 924(c) apply to law enforcement officers", the three appelate judges have chosen to keep Ramos and Compean in prison. They are our nation's first political prisoners.