On his last day in office, GWb finally commuted the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Campean. They will leave prison on March 20 of this year.
I am sure I dont have to go in to the entire sordid story of this debacle that involved the Texas Attorney general, the mexican Consulate and the president who bowed down to Mexican pressure.
This is the most pathetic story of criminal justice of the Bush era. What these men where punished for is usually punished by discipline within their departments. The entire thing was pushed by the Mexican Consulate, that now seems to take precidence in our court system of Texas before the rights of Americans do.
I had given up hope for this occuring. I really had. And at this time it does nothing to increase my opinion of George W Bush, a man who would be president. It should have occured more than a year ago.
One of these men has been beaten in Jail. They were forced into solitary confinement becuase of the latino population in our prisons. Read the rest of this entry »
