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Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« on: January 09, 2012, 07:06:36 PM »
Makes you wonder what the HELL he was thinking

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has pardoned at least four convicted killers who worked as inmate trusties at the Governor's Mansion, including a man who was denied parole less than two weeks ago.

Relatives of three victims told The Associated Press on Monday that state corrections officials notified them over the weekend that the men convicted in the crimes were to be released this past Sunday.

Barbour's office hasn't responded to numerous messages. Barbour, a Republican, leaves office on Tuesday.

Copies of the pardons filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State's office were released Monday. They show he has pardoned at least five men, the convicted killers and a man serving life for robbery.

The inmates are David Gatlin, convicted of killing his estranged wife in 1993; Joseph Ozment, convicted in 1994 of killing a man during a robbery; Anthony McCray, convicted in 2001 of killing his wife; Charles Hooker, sentenced to life in 1992 for murder; and Nathan Kern, sentenced to life in 1982 for burglary after at least two prior convictions.

The pardons outraged victims' relatives as well as Democratic lawmakers, who called for an end to the custom of governors' issuing such end-of-tenure pardons.

"Serving your sentence at the Governor's Mansion where you pour liquor, cook and clean should not earn a pardon for murder," Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, a Democrat, posted Monday on his Facebook page.


I don't care what kind of "tradition" it is. Murderers belong in jail.......or on deathrow.
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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 07:39:29 PM »
IIRC, I've heard his name bandied about as a conservative worthy of higher elected office.  So, according to conservative principles, what are his reasons for these pardons?

Is there no one in office truly worthy of the appellation "conservative"?  I'm almost all the way to disbelieving so; perhaps the prerequisites for winning election is jettisoning one's principles.
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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2012, 09:54:19 PM »

He must have gone over to the other side. 
Last month? He pushed/supported a Mississippi law allowing
imminent domain to increase cash revenue acceptable, if not
gone to the other side it's lost.  ::sigh::



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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 05:14:17 AM »
This goes against everything I understood ( thought I understood ) about Barbour .

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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2012, 05:46:56 AM »
As if the Republican Party didn't take a big enough hit yesterday, with 3 now going Full Marxist against Mittens...

Stick a fork in it...

Yes.  I do want to give the Barbours of the world more of my money, through a national sales tax.  Because he deserves it, lobbying for those others with eyes on my wallet.  ::rockets::

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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2012, 07:05:26 AM »
I think this is Halley's way of saying "my political career is over".
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.

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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2012, 02:54:19 PM »
I think this is Halley's way of saying "my political career is over".

If he's not saying it, he should damn well be thinking it.
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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2012, 03:17:51 PM »
Huckabee redux
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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2012, 04:30:33 PM »
Mississippi politics at it's worst. ::gaah::
And my Mom lives there.
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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2012, 07:56:41 AM »
Mississippi Judge blocks pardons...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/court-halts-former-miss-govs-controversial-pardons/

...on a technicality, but perhaps some of these murdering bastids stay where they are!
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.

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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2012, 11:10:10 AM »

Put that man on Obama's list.  He won't stand for rational judges.

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Re: Halley Barbour pardons 3 murderers
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2012, 11:30:13 AM »
He has a hard time standing period!

We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.