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Ramos, Compean Commutation under Review by U.S. Pardon Attorney (flag)
www.cnsnews.com — (CNSNews.com) In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is mulling whether to recommend a commutation for the two former Border Patrol agents jailed for more than a decade each for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler in the buttocks. The case is now before the ...

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Ramos and Compean Under Review for Pardon
Tammy Bruce — Hero border agents Ramos and Compean By pardoning our two border patrol agents, George W. Bush has an opportunity here to prove himself as something other than a complete and rank failure when it comes to domestic policy. Let's pray he does the right thing here. Ramos, Compean Commutation under Review by U.S. Pardon Attorney In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is mulling whether to recommend a commutation for the two former Border Patrol agents jailed for more than a decade each for ...

Who will get the Bush pardons?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Bush waited until now to take action.  Bush commuted Libby’s sentence for obstruction of justice and perjury but refused to pardon him outright, stating that the appeals process should determine the justice of the conviction.  Bush doesn’t have to get a formal request from Libby to issue him a full pardon, but it seems unlikely that he would act without such a request, and the time has grown short to initiate one. Johnson doesn’t mention two other big names in clemency speculation: Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean .  The two Border Patrol agents were convicted for the discharge ...

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Video: Wives of Ramos and Compean rejoice at commutation
hotair.com 1/20/2009 — Join in if you like, but I still remember Andy McCarthy’s excellent, ballsy piece for NRO two years ago. [...] Read the rest »
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Demanding a Full Presidential Pardon of Ramos and Compean
newsblaze.com 12/18/2008 — Fellow patriot, This is the most time-sensitive message we've sent to date AND certainly one of the most important... Fellow border security groups have joined us in rallying on this one poignant issue, which serves as the emblem of the Bush ...
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George W. Bush Pardons 19; Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean Not on the List
mypetjawa.mu.nu 12/24/2008 — Via AP:WASHINGTON – Before leaving for the holidays, President Bush on Tuesday commuted the prison sentence of a drug offender and granted 19 pardons, including one to a man who helped the Jewish resistance in the 1940s. With this latest...
Via AP:WASHINGTON – Before leaving for the holidays, President Bush on Tuesday commuted the prison sentence of a drug offender and granted 19 pardons, including one to a man who helped the Jewish resistance in the 1940s. With this latest...
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....
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....
Breaking: Bush commutes sentences of Ramos and Compean
hotair.com 1/19/2009 — Just across the AP wire , a gift to the base on his way out the door. [...] Read the rest »
Just across the AP wire , a gift to the base on his way out the door. [...] Read the rest »
Office of the Pardon Attorney
www.usdoj.gov 11/28/2008 — Ronald L. Rodgers, Pardon Attorney The Office of the Pardon Attorney, in consultation with the Attorney General or his designee, assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency as authorized under Article II, Section 2, of the ...
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Bush’s Final Mistake: Showing Mercy on Ramos and Compean
pajamasmedia.com 1/21/2009 — The former Border Patrol agents are anything but heroes for shooting a drug dealer in the back and covering it up.
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Pardon Him
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/25/2008 — The Presidential pardon power is just hanging out there begging to be abused and so of course you get stuff like this : President Bush pardoned a Brooklyn real estate developer accused of scamming hundreds of poor, minority homebuyers — and ...
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Presidential Pardon Season
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