Bush commutes sentences of former Border Patrol agents

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Bush commutes sentences of former Border Patrol agents - CNN.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- On his final full day in office, President Bush issued commutations for two former border patrol agents convicted in 2006 of shooting an undocumented immigrant who was smuggling drugs at the time.
The prison sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Joe Campean will now end March 20.
Ramos had received an 11-year prison sentence; Campean had received a 12-year sentence.

I never thought he would do it.

 

[Paul]

Thank god. I think we should shot all illegals crossing the boarder, especially the ones who have drugs.

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

It is not a full pardon, but at least these men will be getting out. They should be pardoned in my opinion.

 

[Joe Williams]

It is not a full pardon, but at least these men will be getting out. They should be pardoned in my opinion.

Mine, also.

 

[HICKMAN]

I'm happy with it. They shouldn't have messed with evidence, they would have been fine until they acted like they had something to be guilty of.

 

[Bigum1969]

It is not a full pardon, but at least these men will be getting out. They should be pardoned in my opinion.

on that.

I am glad they are out of jail, though.

 

[Bill of Rights]

It is not a full pardon, but at least these men will be getting out. They should be pardoned in my opinion.

A full pardon would have been better, however, at least they won't be locked up any longer than they have been. Anyone know why they don't get out even now til March?

Blessings,
Bill

 

[jontheturboguy]

Thank God! Not only should these two men be pardoned, but they should also be PAID for what their families lost while these men where unlawfully behind bars.

 

[txgho1911]

Who was that Fed prosecutors name again. Now they may have a chance to work on overturning the conviction if it can be done.
Bush SOP. Never do something exactly right. Gotta be halfway, twice as much, or wrong target altogether.
Drug runner was caught again running drugs while waiting to testify.

 

[tskin]

It's about freaking time!

 

[Dogman]

Good for President Bush, just wish it was a full pardon.

 

[henktermaat]

It is not a full pardon, but at least these men will be getting out. They should be pardoned in my opinion.

Yeah- not a full pardon, but we'll take what we can get.

I had a friend who was a border guard. The drug runners would catch him and beat him up.

 

[Dogman]

Yeah- not a full pardon, but we'll take what we can get.

I had a friend who was a border guard. The drug runners would catch him and beat him up.

Lets see, border agent+gun, drug runners+POS, desert+night -beat up - one attempt.
no more attempts

 

[VUPDblue]

I'm happy with it. They shouldn't have messed with evidence, they would have been fine until they acted like they had something to be guilty of.

The reason(s) they were convicted should stand. They were guilty as hell of what they were charged with. The fact that they tampered with evidence and perjured themselves is what got them into trouble. Had they told the truth and been up-front and honest from the beginning, they would likely not be in jail in the first place.

 

[right winger]

It is not a full pardon, but at least these men will be getting out. They should be pardoned in my opinion.

A pardon for sure.

 

[kludge]

It's about freaking time!

+1

I would have issued a full pardon.

 

[esigler]

Anything other than a full and complete pardon is Bush league! They deserve their full lives back with all their rights restored!!

 

[jsgolfman]

If there were no war on drugs, this conversation never happens.

 

[fullauto 45]

I have a buddy who is a DEA on the border with Mexico. I don't remember which town he is in now, but right across the border, the town has had over 15000 murders last year (2008) alone. Very heavy drug dealings. He said that the bad guys will fire from the town at border agents knowing there is nothing they can do. He was telling me about guys get hit or their trucks are hit everyday. And this never makes the news. But shoot some dealer in the butt...BOOM! Headlines everywhere.
We bust them, throw them back across the river and next day they shoot at you and laugh while doing it.
And you wonder why the Mexican government is on the verge of collapse.

 

[Paul]

If they killed the smuggler, the smuggler couldnt have been used against him in court. Dead men cant tell stories