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Border Patrol: OK to Shoot Fleeing Subjects?

Congress probes case of jailed agents

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Jul 18, 2007 4:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Now that the president is in the business of commuting sentences, some lawmakers would like to see him turn his attention to two border patrol agents who drew more than 10 years in prison for shooting a fleeing, unarmed drug trafficker in the back. By... Read full story »

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