And exactly how does pardoning R&C help any present or future LEO’s regarding the 10 year mandatory?
Introducing legislation or writing a letter to Bush about a pardon is nothing more than a useless public relations stunt because now R&C have been found guilty not only by a 12 person jury but affirmed by 3 judge appeals panel...all of whom were appointed by Ronald Reagan.
This whole pardons ploy is smoke and mirrors to keep the issue on the front page, create photo ops and increaswe fundraising results.
If they wanted R&C out of jail, if they wanted to protect all LEO’s from a 10 year mand for making a unpremeditated mistake with their weapos, they could have done so long ago.
But they don’t because they don’t want to kill the golden goose who keeps laying golden border security/immigration eggs for them.
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You are really a worm. Accusing guys like Hunter as not caring what happened to Ramos and Compean and only milking it for political theatre. You are saying this about a guy who has done more FOR the BP and against illegal immigration than any other 20 congresscritters combined. A guy who called for a pardon from the moment of conviction. A guy who has spent many hours riding around with BP agents doing their jobs, without the press in tow. A guy who immediately talked directly with the head of prisons to ensure that Compean and Ramos would not be put into the general prison population. A guy who has given $ to support their wives and kids. A guy who, unlike Tancredo, does not make a spectacle of himself by saying outrageous things regarding immigration or illegal aliens. A guy that the BP respects immensely.