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slate.com - 11/22/2008
Bush's top pardon prospects. - By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica - Slate Magazine
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Texas Border Patrol guards: good chance. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are serving sentences of 11 and 12 years, respectively, for the nonfatal shooting in the back of an unarmed Mexican drug runner in February 2005. A jury found that the two border patrolmen then tried to cover up the ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/25/2008
Pardon Prospects
— corner.nationalreview.com — Slate's look at possible pardons by the outgoing administration gives good odds for a pardon of the... two Border Patrol agents -- Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean -- serving 11- and 12-year terms, respectively, for shooting a drug smuggler in the butt in ... (more) Pardon Prospects

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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/25/2008
Re: Pardon Prospects
— corner.nationalreview.com — Mark K.: You forgot to mention that Ramos and Compean tried to cover up what they did.... They were convicted by a Texas jury. I'm with Andy McCarthy: Those who obsess over illegal immigration need to understand: Humanity is a major issue here. Yes, ... (more) Re: Pardon Prospects

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Daily Kos — ... Who will George Bush pardon before riding off into the sunset? Dafna Lizner from ProPublica rates the chances of some high profile possibilities. Scooter Libby gets a "You betcha!" ...

Pardon Prospects
The Corner on National Review Online — Monday, November 24, 2008 [image] Pardon Prospects [ Mark Krikorian ] Slate's look at possible pardons by the outgoing administration gives good odds for a pardon of the two Border Patrol agents Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean serving 11- and 12-year terms, respectively, for shooting a drug smuggler in the butt in 2005 (the criminal was subsequently arrested smuggling drugs while waiting to testify against the agents and is serving a nine-year sentence in federal prison). If President Bush doesn't end up pardoning the agents (or at least commuting their ...

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