FBI Agents Association Statement on Another Request by the Murderer of FBI Special Agent Sam Hicks for Reduction in Sentence

Washington, DC: FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) President Reynaldo Tariche issued the following statement on a June 17, 2016 motion filed by the lawyers of convicted murderer Christina Korbe for her release from prison:

The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), the professional association representing over 13,000 active and retired Special Agents, strongly opposes yet another attempt by Christina Korbe to be released early from prison, where she is serving a 15 year prison sentence for killing FBI Special Agent Sam Hicks in 2008. FBIAA urges U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry to reject the motion filed by Korbe’s attorney for her early release.

FBIAA wants to ensure that the tragic facts surrounding the killing of Special Agent Hicks are never forgotten. On November 19, 2008 Christina Korbe opened fire on law enforcement officers who were executing an arrest warrant associated with a drug distribution ring, killing 33-year-old FBI Special Agent Sam Hicks. Korbe’s decision to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter allowed her to accept a sentence of 15 years in prison. This is at least the second attempt in the past three years that Korbe has tried to avoid serving her sentence - a sentence that pales in comparison to the consequences of her actions. Special Agent Hicks, who had served with the FBI for 18 months and had previously served with the Baltimore (MD) Police Department for two years left a wife, Brooke, and son Noah, who was two years old at the time of his father’s murder.

Special Agents risk their lives to protect our country. The loss of any Special Agent is devastating to families, communities, and our country. We will never forget Special Agent Hicks. We strongly urge Judge McVerry to ensure that justice be served, by rejecting this motion so that Korbe remains in prison and serves every single day of her original sentence.