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Bush’s Final Mistake: Showing Mercy on Ramos and Compean

January 21, 2009 - 12:35 am - by Bob Owens
Pat Patterson
2009-01-25 17:45:52

Again, Davila’s mother did not testify in the trial and most of the witnesses against Ramos and Compean were there fellow agents. Davila’s testimony was thought initially by the US Attorney as critical until he found that the other agents could corraborate everything the Davila said. But as the victim of a shooting and coverup his testimony in front of a jury who convicted them and a judge who presided was important.

Saying one has a shaky grasp of the facts is not really much of a response unless you can actually contradict what I said instead of just going neener, neener. Or better yet misrepresent what I wrote, where did I make any reference to “…these two fine men,” and then go off on completely unsupported tangents. Again the JURY convicted the two after two weeks of testimony where R&C’s four defense attorneys couldn’t break the story not only of Davila but the untampered evidence and the testimony of the other agents who witnessed various parts of the shooting.

One of those fine men told Paula Coloff of Texas Monthly that,

“If anything , Comean and I should have gotten an administrative punishment–if that…As for Aldrete-Davila, you know what? He got what he deserved.”

Luckily for us, all of the BP agents I know are still horrified at the stupidity of the two ex-agents, Ramos especially, and are glad the two were convicted. Though in fairness they have mixed emotions about the commutation but are against any pardon.