Congressman Wants To Pardon Border Agents

Drudge Report ^ | UPDATED: 1:17 pm PST January 17, 2007 | unknown

[Issaquahking]

SAN DIEGO -- Last-minute pleas are being made in the case of
two former Border Patrol agents who are due to report to prison.

Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were convicted in a
court in El Paso, Texas, for shooting and wounding a
Mexican drug smuggler.

Congressional representatives, including Duncan Hunter and Dana Rohrabacher,
have been urging the president to pardon the two.

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The agents have been sentenced to serve 11 and 12 years in prison, respectively.

According to the Washington Times, the agents found 743 pounds of marijuana in the smuggler's van.

[Issaquahking]

How wrong headed can a president be on one issue? Pardon them Mr. President.

[pissant]

Yep, pardon them, Mr. President.

[Ciexyz]

Yes, Mr. President, please pardon these two agents.

[Issaquahking]

BP ping

[misterrob]

They should not be pardoned given their actions around covering up their shooting of a guy who was running away. Think about the message that sends to the cops.

11-12 years to a bit much though.

[Gay State Conservative]

Pardon them both,Dubya.And while you're at it,pardon Scooter Libby.

[PRND21]

All this defending of Justice Obstructing, Jury Convicted Felons is not Conservative.
Y'all sound like Moonbats.

[misterrob]

Scooter will never serve a day in jail....

[NordP]

Keep calling the White House comment line - 1-202-456-1111 and your respective Senator's offices. This is important. We'll NEVER have good agents if this is allowed to happen.

[justshutupandtakeit]

They were not convicted of shooting the smuggler but for lying about what happened.

[Man50D]

Contacting the White House information www.whitehouse.gov

[Uri’el-2012]

Opening our borders to drug smugglers is an impeachable offense.

[MSF BU]

Good for Mr. Hunter.

[Renegade]

I've spent 8 years surrounded by liberals defending Bush . This is the last straw . If he doesn't pardon these agents I have lost all faith in the Conservative side of the aisle and this man as POTUS. Libertarian here I come .

[Issaquahking]

Two of your congressmen are going to bat for them. Are they moonbats too? I think they are stand up conservatives, principle to the front, and they are upstanding republicans. So am I to assume your a democrat by the position of your post?

[PRND21]

Two of your congressmen are going to bat for them. Are they moonbats too?

Maybe, or just Political Opportunists.

[Man50D]

. If he doesn't pardon these agents I have lost all faith in the Conservative side of the aisle and this man as POTUS.

I wouldn't equate his action with Conservatives. The increasingly Socialist leaning Republican party has been distancing it self from Conservatives as time passes. Failure to pardon these men would not be a Conservative action.

[ozarkgirl]

Think about the message that sends to the cops.

While I would agree with you on principle, think of the message we are sending the drugs smugglers. This one got immunity in order to testify against the agents and he is now suing OUR government for $5 million dollars. Is that the message we prefer to send?

[Unmarked Package]

There is an excellent blog posting with reader comments at LoneStarTimes.com about this case from the DOJ perspective. The DOJ responds to tough questions about the case in greater detail than I've seen before in one place.

[smoothsailing]

Should the Border Patrol agents be pardoned?
Choice Votes Percentage of 7167 Votes
Yes 6962 97%
No 205 3%