Pardons for Drug Dealers
Monday, February 19, 2007
By William F. Jasper
Republican Duncan Hunter bemoaned the pardons of drug dealers while two border agents remain in prison.
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President
Bush has thus far ignored the pleas of hundreds of thousands of Americans who
petitioned for pardons for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. However, he
has pardoned a number of convicted criminals, including recently. On December
21, 2006, President Bush pardoned these drug offenders:
• Marie Georgette Ginette Briere —
possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
• George Thomas Harley — aiding
and abetting the distribution of cocaine.
• Patricia Ann Hultman —
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and other controlled
substances.
• Eric William Olson — possession
with intent to distribute, possession, and use of hashish.
On the same day, Bush also commuted the
sentence of Phillip Anthony Emmert, who was serving time for conspiracy to
distribute methamphetamine.
On September 28, 2005, President Bush
pardoned these drug offenders:
• Adam Wade Graham — conspiracy
to deliver LSD.
• Larry Paul Lenius — conspiracy
to distribute cocaine.
• Larry Lee Lopez — conspiracy to
import marijuana.
• Mark Lewis Weber — selling
Quaalude tablets, selling, using and possessing marijuana.
On the same day, he also pardoned Jesse Ray
Harvey, a United Mine Workers union member convicted of blowing up mines in
West Virginia.
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