UPDATE: He has commuted the prison sentences of the border agents who 1) killed shot an unarmed Mexican drug dealer and 2) tried to cover it up.
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And, since many readers seem worked up on this issue, here’s an article in that liberal journal, National Review, about why the prosecution of these two by a Republican U.S. attorney — and conviction by 12 Texans good and true — was justified and why quick release might not be in order for agents who tried to cover up firing 15 shots at a fleeing man. That he was shot in the butt suggests he wasn’t close to turning to confront them with his non-existent gun.