Oh thank God. Now maybe we can finally talk about something else on FR.
Commutation is a good solution.
It’s about time! But — Thank you President bush.
Well done...Thank you President Bush...God Bless and Keep you, Sir.
well done...a pardon woulda been better but this is nice
It is true.
Thank you Mr. President!
(But why did you wait so long?)
Praise the Lord and President Bush! Just heard on the radio news during listening to Rush!!!
Bush pardons 2 former border guards
By DEB RIECHMANN – 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
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.
Ramos and Compean are each serving sentences of more than 10 years for shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant as he was fleeing an abandoned marijuana load in 2005, then trying to cover it up.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j6mH44rWD9yyZf_AZ7YxQDVFL7WwD95QC0O81
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!! He communted the prison sentences. NOW GIVE THEM THEIR DAMN JOBS BACK!!!! They were doing their jobs and doing them well!
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
Thank you, President Bush.
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
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.
Ramos and Compean are each serving sentences of more than 10 years for shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant as he was fleeing an abandoned marijuana load in 2005, then trying to cover it up.
Damn it, commute is not a pardon!!!!!!!!!!
Did Bush pardon the border agents or did he just commute their sentences? A sentence commutation does not mean all that much in that the two will still have the conviction blocking them from many federal, state, and private sector jobs simply for doing what “we, the people” hired them to do.