DOJ considering commutation for Ramos, Compean Attorney who makes recommendations to Bush has opened file on border agents
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Posted: January 16, 2009
12:49 pm Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
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WorldNetDaily
The U.S. Department of Justice has been opened a file on imprisoned U.S. Border
Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and a commutation of their
sentences is under review, the office of agency pardon attorney Ronald L.
Rodgers confirmed to WND.
Rodgers spoke directly about the case by telephone with Stephen J. Eichler,
J.D., executive director of Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project Inc..
Sign WND's petition urging President Bush to free U.S. Border Patrol Agents
Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.
Eichler initially called the DOJ pardon attorney's office to discuss the
prospect of a presidential pardon for Ramos and Compean. The men remain
confined to solitary confinement in federal prison serving 11- and 12- years
respectively for a 2005 incident in which they fired on a drug smuggler as he
fled back into Mexico after bringing 750 pounds of marijuana into the U.S. near
Fabens, Texas.
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"After speaking with a U.S. pardon attorney staff coordinator about the serious
nature of this matter, my call was immediately put through to Mr. Rodgers
himself," Eichler told WND in an e-mail.
"We had a very frank and open discussion regarding the plight of the two Border
Patrol agents," Eichler said. "During the conversation, Rodgers mentioned that
agents Ramos and Compean may be eligible for commutations of their sentences,
though they are not now being considered for pardons."
Eichler said Rodgers "was very informative and courteous."
"We got right to the point," he said. "The truth of the matter is a commutation
is a very strong position for Ramos and Compean to be in."
Rodgers said the former agents apparently are not eligible for a pardon, which
would nullify the punishment. But they might be eligible for a commutation,
which would result in a reduction of their sentences.
"It could be very possible that the pardon attorney may recommend to President
Bush that Ramos and Compean's sentences might be limited to the time they have
already served," Eichler said.
"In this scenario, President Bush could commute their sentences and end their
jailhouse nightmare," he added.
According to Eichler, Rodgers said he considers the request for Ramos and
Compean a new request to the pardon attorney's office, "and he could not
indicate at this point what his recommendation to President Bush would be."
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