Pardon Ramos and Compean

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Border agents Ramos and Compean have been in jail since 2007 for shooting a fleeing drug smuggler on the border with Mexico. I can't think of anybody on either side of the political isle, with the exception of those involved in the prosecution, who does not believe this was a miscarriage of justice. The president says he won't get involved because they haven't go through the process that would bring them up for pardon. However, he did provide pardons to members of the administration who were prosecuted for political reasons without them going through the process and these to Border Patrol cops are not all that different. The details of their prosecution and favors done by the prosecution to ensure their case show this was mostly a political prosecution. It's time to free these men before they can have their lives torn apart and years of their lives stolen the way other border agents have under similar circumstances. I have no doubt, that like many agents before them, these men will eventually be cleared; however, these other agents were cleared after years of unjust imprisonment, pain a destruction to their families that often ended in divorce and years lost with their children and the ruining of their reputations, lives and careers. There are many other things President Bush should and could do before leaving office and I discuss them in the article below but, I believe it is most important to rectify this injustice To read my other thoughts go here: http://hubpages.com/hub/Pardon-Ramos-and-Compean