nytimes.com - 1/19/2009
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WASHINGTON President Bush on Monday commuted the sentences of two former Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler, but he was preparing to leave office without granting clemency to any better-known figures or government officials who could face liability over ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - In his final acts of
clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the...
prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal ...
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Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
foxnews.com - 1/19/2009
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On his last full day in office, President
Bush commuted the controversial sentences of two former Border...
Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. The imprisonment of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean had sparked outcry ...
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Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences
Dean's World —
Reports the New York Times:
President Bush on Monday commuted the sentences of two former border patrol agents who had been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for shooting and seriously wounding a Mexican drug dealer in Texas in 2005.
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A Final Bit of Ignominy
The Agitator —
... President Bush has been the stingiest president in modern history when it comes to his use of presidential pardon and commutation powers. Yeseterday, he threw a bone to the Lou Dobbs wing of the GOP by commuting the sentences of the two border agents who shot an unarmed man in the back, then lied and attempted to cover it up. ...
Morals With Dianne Feinstein
Matthew Yglesias —
... Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean shot an unarmed man who was running away from them. That’s a crime. Indeed, it’s a serious crime. And, no, the fact that Ramos and Compean were Border Patrol agents and the unarmed man they shot in the back was a drug dealer doesn’t magically make it okay. But apparently George W. Bush thought they deserve clemency and Dianne Feinstein thinks two wrongs make a right: ...
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Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
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news.yahoo.com 1/19/2009 — AP - In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration.
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breitbart.com 1/19/2009 — President George W. Bush has commuted the prison sentences of two former Border Patrol guards whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited debate about illegal immigration....
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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/19/2009 — A little late in the process and there should have been a full pardon, but I guess there's some small measure of justice here. The rockheads from AP say it's a pardon in the headline, but I guess expecting accuracy from them is a bit too much to ...
Bush Commutes Border Guards Sentences
military.rightpundits.com 1/19/2009 — The White House has issued a statement that President George W. Bush is commuting the sentences of the border guards who were found guilty of guarding the border. Read about it below.
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Bush pardons 14, commutes 2 sentences - On Deadline
blogs.usatoday.com 11/24/2008 — The Associated Press is reporting that President Bush has pardoned 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others. No word yet on their identities or crimes. They are first pardons since March and brings his total to 171 pardons and ...
Breaking: Bush commutes sentences of Compean and Ramos
wizbangblog.com 1/19/2009 — At last! President George W. Bush has commuted the prison sentences of two former Border Patrol guards whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited debate about illegal immigration....
Bush pardons 14 and commutes 2 prison sentences
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news.yahoo.com 11/25/2008 — AP - President George W. Bush has granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others, The Associated Press learned Monday. The new round of White House pardons are Bush's first since March and come less than two ...
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