Another bipartisan call for President Bush to commute border agent sentences
As detailed in this Washington Times article, “Rep. Bill Delahunt, Massachusetts Democrat who heads the subcommittee on international organizations, human rights and oversight” has called upon President Bush to “immediately commute the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted in the shooting of a drug-smuggling suspect.” This story from CNSNews.com provides more details on the bipartisan calls for a commutation in this case:
Two Democrats and one Republican introduced a House resolution Thursday calling for the release of two jailed ex-Border Patrol agents by Christmas. The former agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, were sentenced to 11 and 12 years respectively in federal prison for shooting and wounding a suspected illegal alien drug smuggler in the rear.
“President Bush can correct a gross miscarriage of justice with the stroke of a pen,” said Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass.), who co-sponsored a resolution to commute the sentences of the two men. “This resolution will put Congress on the record demanding that he do just that,” Delahunt continued. “I hope that the president will allow these men to see their families in time for Christmas.” Delahunt was joined by Reps. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) in sponsoring the legislation….
Last month, the suspected drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila was arrested for attempting to smuggle additional drugs into the country even while he had legal immunity because of the earlier case, in which he testified against the two Border agents.
Some prior posts about the Border Agents case: