But the US Congress and the President sure have been, with grateful exception of presidential hopeful and in my case wishful Duncan Hunter, who is my first choice for president but right now a bit of a longshot sadly, and Rep. Dana Rhorbacher who's called for the impeachment of Bush on this issue which after the Libby commutation and eventual pardon I tend to agree with as well..After finally seeing and listening to the over zealous and egotistical prosecutor Johnny Sutton a number of times yesterday on tv, Hannity and Colmes in particular, I am even more convinced that the case was overcharged, ramrodded to the jury who had illegal sympathizers in their midst by the withholding of exculpatory evidence and should be commuted at the very least if not pardoned completely.
At the most they (the agents) violated administrative procedures and deserved no more than a suspension from their duties for a minor cover up on the scene according to Border Patrol superiors in the hearings yesterday.
Even Diane Feinstein is on the side of the Agents on this one remarkably!! Finally bi partisan support for something in that chamber, a near miracle that shows this wrong needs to be righted forthwith..
So the more of these open hearings that take place and the more blog posts and news stories on the internet the better for Ramos and Compean's hopes for freedom soon by commutation to time served or full pardon. So please keep up the awareness and do not let this story get brushed aside any longer and force the president and congress to do the right thing fix this travesty like we forced them on the Shamnesty issue.
If we can't protect the proud and brave ones that protect us in cases like this, who the he** is gonna wanna do these jobs anymore? I sure as **** wouldn't and neither will anyone else if going to jail for performing your duties (if maybe a bit carelessly) is one of the "perks" of the job.
People get less time in prison for murder in this country than these agents got for shooting an ILLEGALLY TRESPASSING KNOWN DRUG DEALER in the a** in possession of a million dollars worth of pot at the time. Madness.
Newsmax has a great story about Hunter and a breakdown on the hearings yesterday below:
Rep. Duncan Hunter: Pardon Ramos and Compean
Newsmax Staff "U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean should be pardoned, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Hunter, a 2008 GOP presidential hopeful, said the prosecution of Ramos and Compean is a 'great injustice,” adding that their case 'called out for a pardon or commutation.”
Last October, U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso, Texas, sentenced Compean to 12 years in prison and Ramos to 11 years and one day — despite a plea by their attorney for a new trial after three jurors said they were coerced into voting guilty in the case."Hunter testified that he had read all of the police, court, and prosecution files and further concluded that federal investigators failed to thoroughly investigate whether the illegal immigrant involved was armed at the time of the incident.
Hunter called the sentences "extremely unjust,” adding that he has issues with the credibility of the immunized testimony of the star witness, a drug dealer.
Hunter has said that if elected president, his first order of business will be to pardon the agents.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who has also been critical of the prosecutions, exclaimed emotionally that the two agents are "now beginning their 180th day in solitary confinement!”
Rohrabacher conceded that Ramos and Compean had apparently tried to cover up the shooting and came up short in the paperwork reporting of the incident, but argued that the pair should have been reprimanded — not prosecuted for a felony. continued
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