New America Media, News Report, Jody L. Ipsen, Posted: Dec 20, 2008 Editor's Note: A $7.5 million wrongful-death, civil lawsuit was recently filed against a Border Patrol agent for the fatal shooting of an undocumented immigrant trying to cross into America in 2007. Even after two hung juries, the case points to larger issues in the Border Patrol, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. Jody L. Ipsen is a contributor to New America Media who writes covers border and immigration issues from Tucson, Arizona.TUCSON, Az—After two federal trials resulting in hung juries, the parents of Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera have filed a $7.5 million wrongful-death lawsuit against Border Patrol Agent Nicholas W. Corbett, and the government, for a fatal shooting that witnesses say could have been avoided. Corbett’s history of violence made this case national news, but the lawsuit and Cochise County attorneys say that this case points to larger problems in the Border Patrol, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.On November 4th, after seventeen hours of deliberation, an all white jury – comprised of five women an...
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