With a presidential election cycle well under way, our attention is fixed on the process that will determine who our next Commander In Chief will be.

Though you wouldn’t know it by the liberal’s continued assault on him, George W. is not running and is in the final months of his second term. But, before relegating him to the position of historical figure and lame duck president, there is some unfinished business that I think he should address.

One item in particular is a Presidential pardon for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.  These are the two US border patrol agents who are currently serving 11 and 12 year prison sentences. They were convicted of putting a bullet into the buttocks of a drug smuggler when they intercepted him in a van carrying 743 pounds of pot. In the course of these officers carrying out their duties the smuggler received the gunshot but still escaped to the Mexican side of the border escaping American justice.

The prosecutors in this case aggressively pursued charges against the two American guards, going as far as seeking out the smuggler in Mexico and offering him immunity to testify against the two! (full story here  http://americanchronicle.com/articles/32372 )

In a colossal miscarriage of justice, the two were basically convicted and sentenced for failing to report the discharging of a firearm. Did I mention the smuggler went free to apply his trade another day and bring more drugs into our country?

I’m not suggesting the guards should not have been dealt some sort of punishment for  their misconduct, but there are people guilty of far worse crimes who walk away with a mere slap on the wrist compared to the 11 and 12 year prison sentences these men got!

So far the justice department and the President have not seemed interested in correcting this situation and freeing the guards. In spite of numerous petitions, phone calls, and emails the White House remains mute on this.

I think it is time for an all out email campaign telling Mr. Bush to intervene and pardon Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

If you agree, take the time to email the White House and let the President know. While he probably doesn’t personally get or see the majority of communication received, he’ll know if a huge volume of emails, phone calls, or letters start to show up on this matter.

Go http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact  and email the President today. Tell him you support a pardon for both Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. And then email everyone in your contacts and ask them to do the same!