Assemblyman Joel Anderson, 77th District (Ca), is giving Compean an Accommodation for his service and attached is a copy of the last letter the Assemblyman wrote to George Bush asking him to pardon or commute the Agent’s sentences.
On Friday, July 3rd, 2009, Jim Gilchrist took a break from slinging mud against his compatriots and along with staff and independent Minutemen and Friends of the Minuteman Project, Inc. attended the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly Dinner meeting honoring Ex Border Patrol Agent and convicted felon Jose Compean.
It is truly shameful, that in America today, liars and cowards, such as Ramos and Compean are, are hailed as heroes and Patriots.
In the words of Jim Gilchrist, leader of the Minuteman Project and close associate of indicted Minuteman child killer Shawna Forde;
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Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jose Compean embraces his daughter Patricia Compean following a hearing at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in El Paso on Wednesday
A US District Judge today resentenced Former Border Patrol Agent Jose Alonso Compean to 10 years for his conviction of using a weapon in the commission of a felony, plus two years for assault and other charges.
Compean and former agent Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 of shooting admitted drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila and trying to cover it up.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out some convictions against Ramos and Compean earlier this year, prompting Wednesday’s resentencing, but the court upheld the majority of the case. Ramos is due to be resentenced Thursday.
Compean’s lawyers said Wednesday they are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. One of his attorneys, Bob Baskett, didn’t immediately respond to calls seeking details on the review Wednesday.
Supporters, including members of Congress, have asked President Bush to pardon the men or at least commute their sentences.
Ramos and Compean – “It's the end of the road for them, They had their day in court. They had their due process of law, the same due process that they tried to deprive a person who they shot in the back.”
A federal appeals court refused today to throw out lengthy prison sentences for a pair of jailed U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted two years ago of shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant and lying about it.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld most of the convictions against former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.
But the appeals court threw out their convictions for tampering with an official proceeding, even the three-judge panel refused to reverse the convictions that resulted in their lengthy sentences.
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