Subject: DOJ considering commutation for Ramos, Compean

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DOJ considering commutation for Ramos, Compean
Attorney who makes recommendations to Bush has opened file on border agents

Posted: January 16, 2009
12:49 pm Eastern

By Jerome R. Corsi
(c) 2009 WorldNetDaily
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a file on imprisoned U.S. Border
Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and a commutation of their
sentences is under review, the office of agency pardon attorney Ronald L.
Rodgers www.usdoj.gov/pardon confirmed to WND.
Rodgers spoke directly about the case by telephone with Stephen J. Eichler,
J.D., executive director of Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project Inc.
.
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Eichler initially called the DOJ pardon attorney's office to discuss the
prospect of a presidential pardon for Ramos and Compean. The men remain
confined to solitary confinement in federal prison serving 11- and 12- years
respectively for a 2005 incident in which they fired on a drug smuggler as
he fled back into Mexico after bringing 750 pounds of marijuana into the
U.S. near Fabens, Texas.
"After speaking with a U.S. pardon attorney staff coordinator about the
serious nature of this matter, my call was immediately put through to Mr.
Rodgers himself," Eichler told WND in an e-mail.
"We had a very frank and open discussion regarding the plight of the two
Border Patrol agents," Eichler said. "During the conversation, Rodgers
mentioned that agents Ramos and Compean may be eligible for commutations of
their sentences, though they are not now being considered for pardons."
Eichler said Rodgers "was very informative and courteous."
"We got right to the point," he said. "The truth of the matter is a
commutation is a very strong position for Ramos and Compean to be in."
Rodgers said the former agents apparently are not eligible for a pardon,
which would nullify the punishment. But they might be eligible for a
commutation, which would result in a reduction of their sentences.
"It could be very possible that the pardon attorney may recommend to
President Bush that Ramos and Compean's sentences might be limited to the
time they have already served," Eichler said.
"In this scenario, President Bush could commute their sentences and end
their jailhouse nightmare," he added.
According to Eichler, Rodgers said he considers the request for Ramos and
Compean a new request to the pardon attorney's office, "and he could not
indicate at this point what his recommendation to President Bush would be."
As WND reported
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53805 Ramos and
Compean began serving their prison sentences two years ago, Jan. 17, 2007.
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Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean
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