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Breaking: Bush commutes sentences of Compean and Ramos
Wizbang — ... ! 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's act of clemency on Monday for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean was a victory for Democratic and Republican members of Congress and others who pleaded with the president to pardon the men or at least commute their sentences. According to Fox News , their sentences will expire on March 20th. ...

BREAKING: BUSH PARDONS JAILED BORDER AGENTS
Gateway Pundit — President Bush commutes the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. ...

Lame duck surprise: Bush commutes sentences of Compean/Ramo
Michelle Malkin — ... just doing their jobs. They had been sentenced to 11- and 12-year sentences, respectively. Their prison sentences will now expire on March 20 of this year. The two were sentenced in connection with the shooting of Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who was shot in the buttocks while trying to flee along the Texas border. He admitted smuggling several hundred pounds of marijuana on the day he was shot and pleaded guilty last year to drug charges related to two other smuggling attempts. (via Fox News )

Compean and Ramos Have Their Sentences Commuted
Moonbattery — Hats off to President Bush: in what may be the last sensible act from our government for some time, heroic border agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos have finally had their sentences commuted. It's not the full pardon they deserve, but it will have to do. Too bad it's a little late for Bush to start defending the border. On tips from Travis A, Chad N, and Matt L.

Bush Commutes The Sentences Of Ramos And Compean
Say Anything — I’m rejoicing for these good men and their families: 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 from critics who said the men were just doing their jobs and were punished too harshly. They had been sentenced to 11- and 12-year sentences, respectively. Their sentences will now expire on March 20 of ...