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Should Gerorge Bush pardon Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean Rohrabacher Hunter call for agents pardon?
Two California Republican congressmen yesterday called on President Bush to pardon two former U.S. Border patrol agents sent to prison a year ago this week for shooting a drug-smuggling suspect in the buttocks as he fled back into Mexico.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher accused Mr. Bush of being "arrogant and heartless" for refusing to pardon or commute the sentences of former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, who were ordered last January to serve 11- and 12-year prison sentences, respectively.
He said they had spent the past year in solitary confinement "suffering conditions worse than detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
"It has been a year since Border Agents Ramos and Compean entered prison," Mr. Rohrabacher said. "This marks a year of shame for President Bush, who has been fully aware of the details of this blatant miscarriage of justice and chosen to do absolutely nothing about it.
"The president has shown us his arrogant and heartless side by permitting the wrongful incarceration of Ramos and Compean to continue," he said.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Republican presidential candidate who in- troduced a still-pending bill last year to pardon the agents, said Congress and the American people have "repeatedly expressed their outrage that such an injustice has been allowed to occur."
"These agents were convicted solely on the testimony of the drug dealer, who has since been indicted on federal drug charges for running drugs into the United States while serving as a federal witness," Mr. Hunter said. "Most disturbingly, he did so with border crossing cards he obtained for his cooperation."http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, Most certainly they should be given a full pardon. In my opinion they should have never step foot inside a court room. It's absolutely outrageous what has happen to these two men who was doing their job. If they had put a bullet between each of the drug runners eyes they STILL have not have went to jail.
Bush is the WORST President ever. He does not care anything about the American people. I am happy to say that I for one did NOT vote for him.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes they should be pardoned! They should have been reprimanded for not killing him though. The same man was later arrested smuggling more drugs across the border! They should have shot to kill! Would have been less paperwork!
- Fedup VeteranLv 61 decade ago
YES, Without a doubt he should do this!!!
To Micheal, they did their job. They had a right to shoot at the illegal alien who was holding something that they could not make out. There were also supervisors who were well aware of the shooting at the time. The shooting was in self defense! Do you realize how many of the Border agents get attack in one year? Last I heard it was over 600 times in last year alone. They did the proper protocol and did not try to cover anything up.
Too bad we didn't have more people like them doing border control. Maybe we wouldn't have the infestation that we currently have of illegal aliens then.
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- wcowell2000Lv 61 decade ago
That case is complicated. Even though I have no problem with them shooting a drug dealer, you don't shoot a man in the back unless he is turning to shoot or harm you.
I would commute the sentence, but not pardon them.
- Lev8mysoulLv 61 decade ago
Yes I do think they should be pardoned. They should not have been charged in the first place. They shot the man in the line of duty.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Without a doubt they should be set free. Medals, parades and a national holiday to boot.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes.
- Michael WLv 41 decade ago
Their sentences should be commuted, but not pardoned.
The guy they shot at was a definite scumbag, but they fired thier weapons in the line of duty and instead of doint their job, they covered it up. When they failed to do their duty regarding the firing of a weapon, they committed a crime.
Were they totally innocent, No. Were they railroaded as a result of a conspiracy to appease the Mexican government? Probably. Were they punished too harshly? Most definitely.
