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Sutton spared firing.(Letter to the editor)
The firing of eight U.S. Attorneys is the subject of much debate and rhetoric by pundits on all sides. Far too little attention has been paid to a rules change introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) in the 2006 reauthorization of the U.S. Patriot Act that eliminated the process of requiring congressional approval of these appointees. One more "frivolous" check and balance gone, from a Republic historically of three separate yet equally powerful branches of government.
The omission of Attorney Johnny Sutton ("Betrayed in the Line of Duty," September 18, 2006) from that group causes much concern. His zealous prosecution of two Border Patrol agents relied heavily ...
- Securing a pardon for secure borders.(Inside Track)(Jose Compean and Ignacio...
- Magazine article from: The New American January 22, 2007 700+ words
...secure our country. Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were sentenced in October 2006 to 12 and 11 years respectively...million for violating his civil rights. Both Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos have been ordered to begin serving their sentences on January...
- Border patrol agents still in prison: unjustly imprisoned Border Patrol agents...
- Magazine article from: The New American Newman, Alex November 24, 2008 700+ words
...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jailed Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean lost their final appeal in July...know that they are not forgotten, send letters to: Ignacio Ramos #58079-180 FCI Phoenix Federal Correctional Institution...
- Border Patrol agents sentenced to prison.(Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean...
- Magazine article from: The New American November 13, 2006 700+ words
U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were each sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for wounding a drug smuggler. The incident occurred last...
- Homeland security deceived Congress: a Department of Homeland Security official...
- Magazine article from: The New American Jasper, William F. March 5, 2007 700+ words
Former Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos and their families and supporters had hoped for a presidential...authorities and began serving their prison sentences. Ignacio Ramos is at the Federal Correctional Institution at Yazoo City...
- Ramos and Compean's accuser now the accused.(Inside Track)(Ignacio Ramos, Jose...
- Magazine article from: The New American December 24, 2007 700+ words
...been fingered for another drug drop of 753 pounds of marijuana. Sutton is the same prosecutor who sent Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean to jail and offered immunity to Aldrete-Davila in exchange for his testimony against the agents. Ramos...
- Former Border Patrol agents to be released.(Inside Track)(Ignacio Ramos and...
- Magazine article from: The New American February 16, 2009 700+ words
...last full day in office, President George W. Bush commuted the sentences of former Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos. The president had been under pressure from grassroots organizations (including the John Birch Society), concerned members...
- Punished for doing their job: as two Border Patrol agents languish in prison,...
- Magazine article from: The New American Antonio, Sam February 19, 2007 700+ words
...brave men and women of the Border Patrol who protect it. Case in point: on January 17, 2007, former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean surrendered to U.S. Marshals inside the federal courthouse in downtown El Paso, Texas. As the agents...
- MANDATORY MINIMUMS:T. J. BONNER
- Transcript from: Congressional Testimony July 14, 2009 700+ words
...prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. That case...in the attached appendix. Although Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean were released...ramifications of the prosecution of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, as well as...
