thanks,
Elizabeth

Thank you for picking up the ball that’s been dropped by way too many on our side of the (border) fence……….. pun totally intended.

We are praying that Agent Compean and Agent Ramos have their release granted immediately.

Cheers from South Florida !

Compean and Ramos are bad guys. Once Aldrete-Davila was down from Ramos’s shot to the backside, they decided, for a second time, not to grab him so he could face justice for his crimes. As they well knew, an arrest at that point — after 15 shots at a fleeing, unarmed man who had tried to surrender — would have shone a spotlight on their performance. So instead, they exacerbated the already shameful display.

So, they decided to leave him and run and hide their evidence?

With conflicting reports, why would Mr. McCarthy decide to err on the side of the prosecution, especially when so much evidence was withheld from the jury. McCarthy even knocks the jury for God’s sake.

Conflicting reports say that the drug smuggler was shot 150 feet away by Ramos, and that he just kept on running. He got back to Mexico. Doubt he could limp his way there if so terribly wounded. And, since he escaped, there is no one but Davila to prove if he had a weapon or not.

PARDON RAMOS AND COMPEAN.

For whatever reason the Department of Justice has not released all of the trial transcripts. What has been released can be found here-

http://www.friendsoftheborderpatrol.com/US_vs_Ramos_Compean.htm

There is also some great info on the case here-

http://hecubus.wordpress.com/2007/01/26/ramos-compean-convicted-under-wrong-law-to-johnny-sutton-well-duh/

The 10 year minimum sentence was applied by using a law that had never been intended to use against Law Enforcement/Border Agents or anyone else who is authorized to use weapons in the commission of their jobs.

There are many conflicting reports on exactly what happened. In the above links, there is testimony that someone other than Compean or Ramos picked up the shell casings, and threw them over the hill/ditch. Also, the links and other reports I’ve read prove that once Compean called in reinforcements, 7 other Boarder Agents responded, including at least one supervisor. Both related exactly what happened verbally to at least one supervisor, and the supervisor failed to file the necessay incident report.

There are alot of speculations about the case up to and including a tie to Bush and Sutton, which Bush claims does not exist, though Sutton was on the Bush transition team according to reports.

I have been following this case for a long time, and with several of the jurors stating that they never would have convicted if they had all of the information, as well as Sutton himself doing some backtracking in interviews, as well as the conflicting testimony (that has been released), these men should be honored in the White House as heros, not left to rot in solitary confinement.

THEY DESERVE TO BE FULLY PARDONED!

Either way I think commutation is the correct answer on this one and Sen. Cornyn did well to explain it that way.

I would go so far as lobbying for a full pardon, though. A commutation speaks only to mercy on the two officers. A pardon speaks to the argument that they were the victims of prosecutorial and/or judicial excess or misbehavior – which IS the argument Cornyn makes.