Thread: Mr. President! Free Ramos and Compean

Mr. President! Free Ramos and Compean
Sign petition to commute sentences of Border Patrol agents

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Posted: December 15, 2008
10:01 pm Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON – WND Editor Joseph Farah today announces the launch of a petition drive to free imprisoned Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

"I am calling on President Bush to do the right thing before he leaves office Jan. 20," said Farah. "These are the pardons or sentence commutations the American people want to see more than any other. We don't want to see any more drug dealers freed. We don't want to see any other millionaires get pardons. We don't want to see any other well-connected crooks have their sentences overturned. We want to see Ramos and Compean out and their reputations restored."

Ramos and Compean are serving sentences of 11 and 12 years respectively for the shooting of an illegal alien drug smuggler in the line of duty. The drug dealer received only minor injuries and was given full immunity from prosecution by the federal prosecutor in return for his testimony against the agents.


They were convicted and sentenced under a law requiring a minimum 10-year sentence for the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime – a law the Congress never intended to apply to law enforcement officers. They have already served nearly two years in prison – mostly solitary confinement.

"Personally, I want to see these two men home for Christmas," said Farah. "Enough is enough. Their convictions and sentences were miscarriages of justice. President Bush has one last chance to demonstrate he really has a 'compassionate conservative' heart beating inside his chest. This is the test."

Farah said he does not believe Bush will act without massive pressure from the American people.

"I hope millions of Americans will join me in this plea right now," he said. "I know of no better way than to sign this petition, which I pledge to use to get the attention of the White House."

Sign the petition to free imprisoned Border Patrol agents now.


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"They have already served nearly two years in prison – mostly solitary confinement."

This is getting rediculous now, these men have been punished enough. Anybody know if either men served in the Military? If so please post the info or send to me. Thanks

Originally Posted by Reciprocity

"They have already served nearly two years in prison – mostly solitary confinement."

This is getting rediculous now, these men have been punished enough. Anybody know if either men served in the Military? If so please post the info or send to me. Thanks

both of them served in the military and both had clear records in the military

Let's spring Ramos and Compean

Joseph Farah
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Posted: December 19, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

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If I weren't a responsible, upstanding, law-abiding citizen, I might be planning a jailbreak to bust loose two honorable men languishing in prison cells who no more belong there than O.J. Simpson belongs on the streets.

No, I'm not seriously plotting any nefarious illegal acts to free Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean from the federal penitentiary. But I am organizing an effort to free them. And I hope you will join me.

It's as simple as typing in your name to an electronic petition to President George W. Bush to use his absolute constitutional power to pardon them or commute their sentences – now!

I want them home for Christmas. How about you?

You know their story. We've chronicled it in great detail many timesin WND. And we will be telling it many more times in the days and weeks ahead – right up until Jan. 20 – if Bush doesn't respond sooner.

But just to briefly recap: Ramos and Compean were Border Patrol agents who slightly wounded an illegal alien drug smuggler with a gunshot while in pursuit and in the line of duty. A federal prosecutor gave the drug smuggler full immunity to testify against them. They were convicted of a charge never intended to be used against law-enforcement officers and sent to prison for more than a decade by a jury that has since expressed regrets – with several members saying they were pressured.

They have already served nearly two years – mostly in solitary confinement.

It is a disgrace – a repulsive blemish on American justice.

These men are suffering every day. Their wives are suffering. Their children are suffering. And you and I know they pose no threat to society. In fact, these are the kind of men we would all love to have as neighbors and friends.

George W. Bush got elected by telling America he was a "compassionate conservative." It's time for him to show some of that compassion.

Join me in urging him to free Ramos and Compean.

I sometimes have trouble sleeping at night thinking about innocent men in prison. I have to set my mind on other thoughts, it's so troubling. Imagine what it is like being a member of the Ramos or Compean family!

We have a nation overrun by illegal aliens.

These brave men were on the front lines, trying to defend our borders and protect us. The thanks they got was imprisonment. The insult to that injury was having a notorious criminal used as a tool to put them behind bars.

America is losing its moral bearings, and few stories illustrate it better than the story of Ramos and Compean.

It's an upside-down, parallel universe where black is white, left is right and right is wrong.

We've got to start making things right, again, in this country.

I can think of no better place to start than by freeing Ramos and Compean.

There is not a doubt in my mind that if enough Americans simply make their voices heard on this issue, justice will be done.

No, that's not quite true. Ramos and Compean won't get their jobs back. They won't get two years stolen from them back. They won't ever get back those lost years with their kids and wives. They won't get back their paychecks.

But they will be freed – if only you take a minute to show you care.

That's what Bush needs to hear.

It's legacy time for Bush.

He wants to be remembered fondly by the American people. Let him know it's time to free Ramos and Compean. Let him know you care.

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