Bush right on Ramos and Compean

This page believes that the agents committed serious felonies and were rightly prosecuted. But the sentences they received were also too long. As we have argued in the past, taking discretion away from judges by imposing mandatory sentencing rules is almost never a good idea. By granting a commutation rather than a full pardon, Bush said — rightly — that the agents’ punishment should be reduced but that the underlying conviction should remain on the books. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-clemency23-2009jan23,0,1321219.storyLos Angeles Times Editorial