Posted on 05/03/2008 9:58:09 PM PDT by Ladycalif
JUST BRING AMERICAN FLAGS AND RAMOS AND COMPEAN SIGNS
* * Please no signs about illegal immigration or signs other than Ramos and Compean - JUST BRING A FLAG if you don't have a sign - Congressman Rohrabacher wants the press conference to focus on JUSTICE for Ramos and Compean
MEDIA ADVISORY
Rep. Rohrabacher To Announce National Day Of Prayer
For Jailed Border Agents
May 11th Marks Beginning of National Police Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2008 When: MONDAY, MAY 5th , 2008
1:30pm PST
Where: LAPD Police Officers Memorial, Ahmanson Recruit Training Facility
5651 W. Manchester Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90045
What: Rep. Rohrabacher will be holding a press conference to announce a National Day of Prayer for our law enforcement officers, specifically unjustly imprisoned Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, currently serving 11 and 12 years, respectively, in federal prison for wounding an illegal alien drug smuggler. Both agents have been in solitary confinement for over a year. Their appeal was heard by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 3rd, 2007. A decision has yet to be rendered. Over 100+ Members of Congress have asked for a Presidential Pardon or Commutation for the officers and over 350,000 citizens have signed onto a petition demanding immediate action by President Bush.
“I ask that on Sunday, May 11th, the American people join me in a National Day of prayer for not only Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean and their families, but for all the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to protect our communities everyday,” says Rohrabacher. “I hope the appellate court judges hear our prayers and move to issue a decision quickly freeing Ramos and Compean to be reunited with their families.
“In addition to being Mother’s Day, May 11th also marks the beginning of National Police Week. The Ramos and Compean prosecution already represents one of the greatest miscarriages of justice I’ve ever seen and if their case isn’t overturned, every law enforcement officer will be put on notice that if they use their weapon, they could face 10 years in prison.”
The drug smuggler and government’s star witness, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, recently pleaded guilty to four felony counts related to subsequent drug smuggling activities while under immunity just months before he was scheduled to testify against Ramos and Compean.
Who: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Monica Ramos (wife of imprisoned border patrol agent Nacho Ramos)
Joe Loya (father-in-law of imprisoned border patrol agent Nacho Ramos)
TJ Bonner, National Border Patrol Council, President
Chris Burgard, Border documentary filmmaker
Pastor Clint Miller
The Minuteman
Contact: Tara Setmayer, Communications Director
(202) 225-9274
Tara Olivia Setmayer
Communications Director
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
United States House of Representatives
2300 Rayburn Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-2415-office
202-225-0145-fax
Tara.Setmayer@mail.house.gov
Thank you for taking the time to find that information!!
My guess is they think the appeal will correct the issue. Sutton applied the law incorrectly--and contrary to Congress's intent. During Senate hearings, many congresscritters were flabbergasted that Sutton's minions had applied the law as they did. The amicus brief written by Mark Brewer also laid it out quite eloquently the other ways in which the law was misapplied. If you haven't read it, let me know and I'll dig up a link.
bttt
Prospectively, that may be true. But it doesn't help R&C. But then again, had Sutton and his minions not misapplied the law in the first place, we wouldn't have this problem. Senate hearings established that Congress never intended to be used as it was. Hopefully the appeals court will just set the record straight in their opinion and we won't have to waste time making yet more laws, just because some overzealous prosecutor had it out for a couple BP agents.
They also unanimously stated that once that law was passed and signed an attorney could go to any federal judge with request to release R&C and that request would almost certainly be granted.
ROFL. We're back to square one. Did these anonymous lawyers also tell you about seeing little green monsters when they were children?
Again, the main question I have is why so called R&C supporters and their congressional advocates like Rohrbacher and Hunter have not even feinted toward this solution?
Because, as has been demonstrated in post after post for the past 4 months, IT CAN'T BE DONE EX POST FACTO! Sheesh! Oh, I forgot... you know an anonymous attorney somewhere.... uh huh.
How long have R&C been in jail, away from their families? How much longer do they have to suffer because their “supporters” are more interested in using them to push individual agendas like immigration and border security, or put on flashy press conferences or hold prayer vigils that are great for media opps and Tv face time but do nothing for the real victims?
See above.
You're welcome.
I read it but it only applies or says that the law was applied incorrectly to this case based upon not specifying a crime in counts 4 and 5. That doesn’t cure the future use where the DA specifies a crime and gets a conviction. Congress amends/corrects their screw ups in legislation/statutes regularily. I think they’d want to do the same with this sec. of the statute and then there would be no question as to intent. Thus my question as to why aren’t they proceeding in the correction to crystalize their intent?.......
`(C) The minimum sentencing requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply if--`(i) the person who used, carried, or possessed the firearm was authorized to carry that type of firearm in the lawful performance of an employment duty;
`(ii) the offense under this paragraph occurred during or in relation to such employment; and
`(iii) the crime during and in relation to which the offense under this paragraph occurred is a crime of violence.'.
Good.
Well that is a start. Interesting that is was introduced by Reyes D-Tx and has no cosponsors not even those that are screaming the loudest.
I wish that we had more commentary on this aspect of the situation.
That's all he has to do? Just submit the legislation and Ramos and Compean will be free? He doesn't have to get the legislation brought up in Committee, voted out to the floor, passed in the House and the Senate? Then signed by the President?
Surely you are aware that when you are in the House minority, your legislation goes nowhere unless the Committee chair and House leadership (read RATS) lets it. Why do you think we are seeing so many GOP retirements?
Even if such a measure were passed, laws usually take effect months (sometimes longer) after they are signed by the President. I don't know whether Congress could pass a law that would apply retroactively to sentences already issued.
First, most of your comments are at best inoperable and at worst ignorant as support for this issue crosses party lines which has been amply demonstrated (including Dianne Feinstein) on FR over the past year.
My question to you is...why do you want SO BAD for peple to think this option to be difficult or impossible?
Hmmm?
Because it’s a non-starter. This legislation doesn’t address the issue of premeditation or corrupt cops who abuse their privilige to carry and use a gun under the color of their authority.
It has no co-sponsors because congress intended the original legislation to be used against corruption in law enforcement.
There are bad cops out there.
As do I.
Why the silence?
Your point won't be addressed.
Why don't you ask yourself? You are the one selling that approach. Where is your letter/email/phone call outlining the "solution"? And don't ask me for mine, I'm not selling that solution. I believe that Ramos and Compean are innocent. I believe that they were convicted by an "incompetent" jury led there by an overly "aggressive"(for whatever reason ---"It does seem to me like the government overreacted here," said Judge E. Grady Jolly ) prosecution team. That happens, you know.
This question was already answered above but this one wasn’t:
How much time should good men spend on those that have eyes but won’t see, thaose that have ears but won’t hear?
It doesn't take very long to read your posts.
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