It's about time.
"Bush commuted the 11-year prison sentence of Ignacio Ramos and the 12-year sentence of Jose Alonso Compean, who were tried for shooting an unarmed Mexican drug smuggler in the buttocks in a case in Texas that drew widespread attention.
Their 2006 conviction drew an outcry from supporters who said the agents had been treated too harshly and were just doing their jobs. Under the commutation, their prison sentences will expire on March 20.
"He (Bush) believes that the length of the sentence and the conditions of their confinement were too harsh, they suffered enough for their crimes," a White House official said on condition of anonymity."
The unarmed Mexican drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, was sentenced to less time in jail than the Border Patrol agents.
"Aldrete-Davila had been trying to sneak 743 pounds of marijuana into Fabens, Texas, near El Paso when the agents spotted him."
The official website for Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos is here.
