President George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC

RE: Please Pardon Border Patrol Agents

Dear President Bush:

As a fellow American, I'm writing to ask you to grant a presidential pardon to Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.

Border Patrol agents have a difficult and often dangerous job in guarding our nation's borders. But the danger shouldn't come from our own government!

As you know, in 2005 a federal jury convicted agents Ramos and Compean of causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and a civil rights violation. After a two-week trial, the two were convicted by a jury on 11 out of 12 counts; they are now serving sentences of 12 and 11 years' imprisonment, respectively. (Three of the jurors said afterwards they were inclined to deliver a not guilty verdict but had been told by the jury foreman that the judge wanted them to "go along with majority.")

To add insult to injury, Aldrete-Davila, the illegal alien drug-runner, also received care at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso -- and now he's suing the government for $5 million for violating his "civil rights"!

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. The facts in this case do NOT add up or justify the length of the sentences for these agents, let alone their conviction on multiple counts. The arrest, trial and conviction of the two Border Patrol agents had resulted in a chilling effect on others.

These men have been given the equivalent of a murder sentence -- in fact, they were given MORE time than the average convicted murderer. Even if you accept every fact exactly as stated by the prosecuting attorney, the verdict handed out was an extreme injustice.

You have pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly 200 people. Now, I'm joining my voice with millions of other Americans now, asking you to do the right thing, and issue pardons for Agents Ramos and Compean.

TRUE justice needs to be done: PLEASE grant a presidential pardon to Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. Thank you.

Sincerely,

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