Final Acts of Clemency

Reading this story this morning was one of the best pieces of news I've read in a while. Having followed this case very heavily via talk radio, I was outraged at the American judicial system for allowing a Mexican drug smuggler to walk back over the border one month later and state he had been shot in the ass by U.S. Border Patrol Agents and give the bullet to authorities.

What did our supposedly great judicial system do? An investigation of course! No matter that this piece of scum had already been arrested in the U.S. before. Oh no, they go after the two border patrol agents with full vengeance and give them over 10 year sentences in prison! Say what?!? What was comical in this whole situation was the agents in question were Mexican-Americans and the dude they shot was Mexican-Mexican. The usual trump card that would've been played was racism!!! But alas, couldn't do that here....hahaha. Just had to add that little piece of information to this story.

All amusement aside, I am very proud of President Bush for pardoning these gentleman. Below is the complete article should you want to read the watered down story. Trust me the majority of facts are missing from the highly controversial case. What I found very interesting and would like to note was these facts that were present in the article:

Clinton issued a total of 457 pardons or commutations in eight years in office. Bush's father, George H. W. Bush, issued 77 in four years. Reagan issued 406 in eight years, and President Jimmy Carter issued 563 in four years. Since World War II, the largest number of pardons and commutations — 2,031 — came from President Harry Truman, who served 82 days short of eight years. (http://news.aol.com/article/bush-commutes-border-agents-sentences/286363)

Quite interesting to see that democratic presidents tend to pardon the most criminals....

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