Feinstein to Bush: Free Ramos, CompeanDecides after Senate hearing to ask president to commute sentences

After presiding over a Senate hearing Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has decided to ask President Bush to commute the sentences of former U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, an aide for the California Democrat told WorldNetDaily. Feinstein will have a letter delivered to the White House on Wednesday, said spokesman Scott Gerber. . . .

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) - who will chair a similar hearing in the House July 31 - said he believed today's session helped revive flagging interest in the case as Ramos and Compean pass 180 days of imprisonment while awaiting their appeals. He would prefer a pardon, but said he is pleased Feinstein is taking action and finds it ironic a "liberal Democrat" would do more than some "squishy Republican senators." "I was gratified and just overwhelmed with admiration for Sen. Feinstein, that she definitely is taking this issue seriously and decided she is going to step up and fight for these little guys that are being squashed," . . . [Read More] See also: Senators: Prison terms for U.S. agents excessive & Sutton grilled in Ramos-Compean hearing

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