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He has been in prison for eight months in solitary confinement. bill: for his own protection, right? that s why he is in solitary? um-huh. bill: has ice in your opinion and you are still working for them, have they been supportive here? do they try to help you guys? i can t speak for what they have or haven t done, but i can tell you as his wife nobody has reached out to me as his wife. i have been doing this by myself. just to keep on the outside that i have done, like kerry steeverson. another border patrol agent that happened to him in 2002. bill: you are still on the job, correct? yes, sir. bill: you are trying to get your husband s sentence commuted. is that what you want. no i want him pardoned because a commutation would do nothing. he still comes out as a convicted felon. bill: only president obama can give him the pardon, correct? yes. bill: that s what you are aiming for. all right, mrs. diaz, we appreciate it very much. if you have anything else, let us ....
He has been in prison for eight months in solitary confinement. bill: for his own protection, right? that s why he is in solitary? um-huh. bill: has ice in your opinion and you are still working for them, have they been supportive here? do they try to help you guys? i can t speak for what they have or haven t done, but i can tell you as his wife nobody has reached out to me as his wife. i have been doing this by myself. just to keep on the outside that i have done, like kerry steeverson. another border patrol agent that happened to him in 2002. bill: you are still on the job, correct? yes, sir. bill: you are trying to get your husband s sentence commuted. is that what you want. no i want him pardoned because a commutation would do nothing. he still comes out as a convicted felon. bill: only president obama can give him the pardon, correct? yes. bill: that s what you are aiming for. all right, mrs. diaz, we appreciate it very much. if you have anything else, let us ....
And on the phone from eagle pass, texas, deanna diaz the wife of jesus. she is also a border patrol supervisory agent. ms. diaz, why didn t your husband testify in his own defense at the trial? i don t think he testified because he was videotaped giving internal affairs his version of the account. and they played that for the jury. bill: but certainly, he could have appealed to the jury in a humane way and said, listen, i m doing my job here. and i really didn t think i did anything wrong. you know, that personal approach means something. in hindsight, do you think it was a mistake that he didn t take the stand? no, i don t think so. i think the evidence was there. if it would have been played out correctly, the evidence would have been allowed to have been shown to the jury. the jury never heard that one of the agents testified in the first trial that he lied to the grand jury. the second jury never heard that. bill: do you believe that ....
Down there in texas. all right, now, let s go to lis wiehl for an update. look, i m still a little bit confused on this case. you are our legal analyst. was there enough evidence to convict this agent? there was. all of these agents came forward. all of the border patrol agents came and testified against mr. diaz. bill: how many. plus you have the complaining six or seven. bill: what he did was was handcuffed this 15-year-old. right. bill: no doubt this guy was smuggling pot. 75 pounds. bill: he handcuffed the guy behind the back and lifted up the arms. which is painful. that s standard procedure in a lot of ways. bill: that s what he did. what the victim, quote unquote victim alleges that he kicked him in the back and threw him down. bill: no bruises or physical evidence to prove that. the bruises could have been the defense argued could have been from carrying 75 pounds of marijuana, you don t have to have bruises to prove assault. you are missing the poin ....
And on the phone from eagle pass, texas, deanna diaz the wife of jesus. she is also a border patrol supervisory agent. ms. diaz, why didn t your husband testify in his own defense at the trial? i don t think he testified because he was videotaped giving internal affairs his version of the account. and they played that for the jury. bill: but certainly, he could have appealed to the jury in a humane way and said, listen, i m doing my job here. and i really didn t think i did anything wrong. you know, that personal approach means something. in hindsight, do you think it was a mistake that he didn t take the stand? no, i don t think so. i think the evidence was there. if it would have been played out correctly, the evidence would have been allowed to have been shown to the jury. the jury never heard that one of the agents testified in the first trial that he lied to the grand jury. the second jury never heard that. bill: do you believe that ....