Murder in the Desert – Nicholas Corbett Trial – Daily Snapshot

Nov 032008
 
 03/11/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:09 on 03/11/2008 1 Response »
Murder in the Desert - Nicholas Corbett Trial - Daily Snapshot

DAY 9 (11/03) UPDATE – The Jury has recessed for the day. 13 hours total time in deliberations. The jury got the case at about 1430 on November 30. Deliberations began for about two hours, adjourned, resumed on Friday and adjourned once again until this morning. the jurors sent a note to Judge David Bury with two requests. They asked for access to “a scale to weigh something 30 pounds.” The judge denied their request. The 30-pound figure is significant because that was the weight of the backpack worn by Dominguez-Rivera when he was shot. The jurors also requested permission ….Read More

Murder in the Desert – The Circus returns to town

Oct 212008
 
 21/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:34 on 21/10/2008 Comments Off
Murder in the Desert - The Circus returns to town

More than seven months after the first trial ended with a hung jury, the retrial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent facing murder charges begins today at the U.S. District Court in Tucson. Here’s the playbook The case: U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide in the Jan. 12, 2007, shooting of Francisco Javier Domínguez Rivera, a 22-year-old illegal immigrant from Puebla, Mexico.

An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex

Mar 212008
 
 21/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 00:11 on 21/03/2008 Comments Off
An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex

No problems so far, the immigration agent told the American citizen and his 22-year-old Colombian wife at her green card interview in December. After he stapled one of their wedding photos to her application for legal permanent residency, he had just one more question: What was her cell phone number? The calls from the agent started three days later. He hinted, she said, at his power to derail her life and deport her relatives, alluding to a brush she had with the law before her marriage. He summoned her to a private meeting. And at noon on Dec. 21, in ….Read More

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