Monday, November 24, 2008

What the HELL is Wrong With Bush?

"Former [Border Control -RT] agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are 20 months into their sentences for shooting drug dealer Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who tried to elude the two agents after driving a van near Fabens, Texas, that was found to hold 743 pounds of marijuana. He tried to flee back to Mexico and was shot in the buttocks by the agents who had reason to believe he was armed. Last week the two agents had their resentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cordone. The hearing was prompted by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' throwing out a minor obstruction of justice count. Ramos and Compean were resentenced to virtually their original 11- and 12-year sentences, the bulk of which is a mandatory sentence of 10 years for the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime." The "crime" of doing their jobs, keeping such as Davila from smuggling in drugs. Does the fact that Davila has been caught TWICE since then doing the same thing mean anything to you? One of those times it was quashed, but apparently they couldn't cover it up a second time. These men were wrongfully imprisoned by a Bush close friend and it seems as if the entire justice system is against them. Every time they come up for a review, it is made worse. What's wrong with us? Why doesn't Bush pardon them? I've lost a lot of faith in Bush's judgment since he won't. (IBD Editorials)

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