Bush had better issue these two pardons or he will rank alongside of jimmy carter,
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > *DOJ considering commutation for Ramos, Compean > Attorney who makes recommendations to Bush has opened file on border agents > ------------------------------ > Posted: January 16, 2009 > 12:49 pm Eastern > > By Jerome R. Corsi > ------------------------------ > 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 <http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/> 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.<http://www.minutemanproject.com/organization/about_us.asp>. > > > Sign WND's petition urging President Bush to free U.S. Border Patrol Agents > Ignacio Ramos and Jose > Compean<http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83685> > . > > 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. > > (Story continues below) > > "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." > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=86310 > > * > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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