President Bush has pardoned three Texans convicted of non-violent crimes. According to an AP report, none of those pardoned are well-known, and their crimes are fairly mundane.
Bush pardoned Brenda Jean Dolenz-Helmer, a Fort Worth woman convicted of mail fraud charges. Her father was convicted of running a worker's compensation scheme, and Dolenz-Helmer filed the insurance paperwork. William McCright, Jr. of Midland was convicted of making false entries, books, reports, or statements to a bank. Conroe resident Daniel Pue, III had been convicted of transporting, disposing, and storing hazardous waste without a permit.
What is causing concern among some conservatives are two names Bush left off his pardon list: Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos. Compean and Ramos were border patrol agents who shot a man transporting drugs near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2005.
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