Bush commutes sentences of former Border Patrol agents:http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/19/bush.commute/index.html
Bush... A good look finally?
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Ahh... You must have sided with the illegal immigrant who was driving a van containing 700+ pounds of marijuana.
I was always under the impression that the general rule if a President is commuting or pardoning your sentence, is that you most likely are guilty of the crime you committed, but something (be it ideology or family/money ties) make the commander-in-chief willing to set you free.
in reading your link, wouldn't go so far as classifying this as a 'good look'.
in reading your link, wouldn't go so far as classifying this as a 'good look'.
Especially with a commutation - that's acknowledging, " yeah, you fucked up so you deserve some punishment but not as much as was originally handed down". Maybe I'm missing some facts in this case but I don't really see what these border agents did that's so worthy of a commutation or pardoning.
Dudes screwed up....no question.....if they had reported the incident and followed proper procedure they probably would have never been sent to prison.
They didn't and they deserved what they got.
They didn't and they deserved what they got.
The idea that this provides Bush even the smallest sliver of redemption is comical. If you're really that concerned about illegal immigrants driving vans full of weed, you haven't been paying attention...
And I was way more amped about Jon Forte anyway...
I agree that they did F*ck up, but to sentence them to 11 & 12 years and let the smuggler walk is CRAZY.
By-the-way, you do know that Davila (smuggler) was caught in 2007 for the exact same thing? Now that's comedy.
If he had pardoned Leonard Peltier and Mumia on his last day in office then we might be talking...
