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breitbart.com - 1/19/2009
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
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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...
nytimes.com - 1/19/2009
Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences
— nytimes.com — President Bush commuted the sentences of two former border patrol agents who had been sentenced to more... than a decade in prison for shooting a suspected Mexican drug dealer in Texas in 2005. > (more) Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences

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foxnews.com - 1/19/2009
Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol Agents | Political News
— foxnews.com — 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 ... (more) Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol ...
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nytimes.com - 1/19/2009
Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences
— nytimes.com — 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 ... (more) Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences
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Bush Commutes Sentences for Border Guards
JammieWearingFool — ... 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. This miscarriage of justice never should have gotten to this point, but at least he did the right thing here to some extent. Update : This version now notes the sentences were commuted . Compean and Ramos, who have served about two years of their sentences, are expected to be ...

BREAKING: BUSH PARDONS JAILED BORDER AGENTS
Gateway Pundit — ... of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. Their prison sentences will now expire on March 20, 2009. Two former Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, were sentenced in 2006 to an extra decade in prison for firing their guns at a Mexican drug smuggler. President Bush just pardoned jailed US border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. Breitbart reported: In his final acts of clemency, President ...

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This Blog Is Full Of Crap — Future Former President Bush waited until now to commute the sentences of two Border Patrol agents who got railroaded for shooting a Mexican drugrunner: ...

Bush’s Final Mistake: Showing Mercy on Ramos and Compean
Pajamas Media — The former Border Patrol agents are anything but heroes for shooting a drug dealer in the back and covering it up. [image] On his last full day as president, George W. Bush commuted the prison sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, two former Border Patrol agents who were sent to prison for crimes they committed related to the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler. Who are Ramos and Compean? If you listen to the activists, union officials, bloggers, and politicians who have championed them, they are heroic law enforcement officers wrongly convicted for defending America from an onslaught of criminal activity flowing northward from ...

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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 ...
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — On his final full day in office, President George W. Bush issued commutations for two former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted in 2006 of shooting an illegal alien who was smuggling drugs at the time. The prison sentences ...
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