January 19, 2009
President Bush commuted the two border guards, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were imprisoned in 2005 for shooting an unarmed Mexican drug smuggler. He didn't die (he was shot in the buttocks) but the guards tried to cover it up. Bush believes they received due process but felt that the sentences were too harsh. They have served two years of their ten year sentence and will be released in March. They will be supervised for three years and are required to pay the fines.
He made the same deal for Scooter Libby.
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