Government opposes early release for woman who killed FBI agent

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Government lawyers said Thursday that Christina Korbe, who killed an FBI agent during a drug raid on her house in 2008, should not get out of prison early because she cut a deal with prosecutors saying she would not challenge her conviction.

Korbe, who is serving a 15-year term for killing Agent Sam Hicks, argued in June that she should be released because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has forced the federal court system nationwide to re-examine sentences for gun offenders.

But federal prosecutors said that her argument should be dismissed because she made a promise that she can’t now violate.

“Over five years ago, the government negotiated a plea agreement with defendant Korbe in order to achieve justice, finality, and some measure of closure for the family and loved ones of FBI Special Agent Hicks,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti said in court papers. “That plea agreement specifically precluded her from attempting to collaterally challenge her conviction and sentence.”

Korbe, 47, shot Agent Hicks during a raid on her Indiana Township home. She pleaded guilty in 2011 to voluntary manslaughter and using a gun during a crime of violence in a deal that spared her a life