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BREAKING: Ramos And Compean Sentences Commuted
Ace of Spades HQ — ... 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. More ... Bush didn't pardon the men for their crimes, but decided instead to commute their prison sentences because he believed they were excessive and that they had already suffered the loss of their jobs, freedom and reputations, a senior administration official said. The action by the president, who believes the border agents received fair trials and that the verdicts were just, does ...

Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... where their supporters called them heroes. Nearly the entire bipartisan congressional delegation from Texas and other lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle pleaded with Bush to grant them clemency. Bush didn't pardon the men for their crimes, but decided instead to commute their prison sentences because he believed they were excessive and that they had already suffered the loss of their jobs, freedom and reputations, a senior administration official said. Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95QC5OO0 ...

Finally: Ramos and Compean Sentences Commuted
Riehl World View — Well, it isn't a pardon but it gets them out of prison. 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 immigration. Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by both Republican and Democratic members of Congress. They had long argued that the agents were merely doing their jobs, defending the American border against criminals. They also ...

The Ballad of Ramos and Compean Comes To An End
Swampland — President Bush has commuted the sentences of two U.S. Border Patrol agents who were convicted over the shooting of a Mexican drug dealer. Over the last couple years, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean have became martyred folk heroes on conservative talk radio, among seal-the-borders activists and for CNN's Lou Dobbs. ...

A Class Act To The End
Dean's World — No flurry of ethically compromised pardons as this President exits.  I think we’re going to miss George W. Bush more than we realize today.  People forget the constant, vicious back-and-forth of the Clinton and Reagan years.  Bush was largely content to ignore the hurly-burly of the rhetoical fray, and (partly because of the press) paid a price in the polls for putting politeness and principle ahead of partisanship and popularity. Let’s remember, it was not Bush yelling “Democrats betrayed our country!” when they said we’d lost the war even as Bush’s tough, unpopular decision to go with the surge ...

Border Agents Compean And Ramos Sentences Commuted
Pirate's Cove — Well, it is not the pardon we wanted, or, quite frankly, that they deserve, but, it is at least something 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. Bush’s decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by both Republican and Democratic members of Congress. They had long argued that the agents were merely doing their jobs, defending the American border ...

Bush Commutes Border Agents Sentences!
Stop The ACLU — Well, it is not the pardon we wanted, or, quite frankly, that they deserve, but, it is at least something 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. Bush’s decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by both Republican and Democratic members of Congress. They had long argued that the agents were merely doing their jobs, defending the American border against criminals. They also ...