No one should have to endure criminal prosecution from their own government just for showing up to work and doing your job.  Thankfully, that’s what a jury of nine men and four women (including the alternate) decided in the case of Cory Voorhis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent. 

According to Craig Disney, one of the jurors, “He (Voorhis) had a responsibility to do his job.”  According to the Denver Post,  the jury didn’t think Voorhis had “done anything intentionally wrong” and there were “some feelings” that Voorhis had been unfairly “singled out” for prosecution.

It took the jury only two hours to reach their unanimous “not guilty” verdict.  Government might not be very efficient, but it’s nice to see that good, decent Americans still have it.  Our Tip-of-the-Hat goes to these thirteen Coloradans for doing the right thing and being willing public servants.