Mississippi judge blocks release of 21 inmates given pardons by Gov. Barbour Read mo

[DMX7]

Even the Fox News sheep are outraged at Barbours's actions. A judge has blocked the pardons, at least for now.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/11/mississippi-judge-blocks-release-21-inmates-given-pardons-by-governor-barbour/#content

[Wild Cobra]

Seems to be some missing information in the link. The 30 day applies only to felony convictions, and there is no information in the link as to the types of convictions.


and in cases of felony, after conviction no pardon shall be granted until the applicant therefor shall have published for thirty days, in some newspaper in the county where the crime was committed, and in case there be no newspaper published in said county, then in an adjoining county, his petition for pardon, setting forth therein the reasons why such pardon should be granted.

Link: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI (http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ed_pubs/constitution/constitution.asp)

[Winehole23]

what's so outrageous about Barbour's actions?

[Wild Cobra]

what's so outrageous about Barbour's actions?
Some people just have zero tolerance.

[baseline bum]

what's so outrageous about Barbour's actions?


So far, five of the pardoned prisoners have been released, four of whom are convicted murderers. All worked in the governor's mansion while Barbour was in office, a job they qualified for because they lived in minimum security prisons..

They 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.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/11/mississippi-judge-blocks-release-21-inmates-given-pardons-by-governor-barbour/#content#ixzz1jGQ3Q5oS

[baseline bum]

How do you pardon murderers? I hope one of them comes and cuts his fucking throat.

[Winehole23]

Pardoning murderers is politically controversial, and it certainly looks like Barbour pardoned his buds, but legally there's nothing improper about that.

Executive pardons always pardon the guilty.

[Winehole23]

don't like it? limit clemency.

[baseline bum]

Pardoning murderers is politically controversial, and it certainly looks like Barbour pardoned his buds, but legally there's nothing improper about that.

Executive pardons always pardon the guilty.

Might be legal, but I hope he gets killed for putting these kind of douchebags back in the general population. What a scumbag thing to do.

[Winehole23]

are prison officials scumbags for releasing killers when their sentences are served? after all, they put these douchebags back in the general population, every day.

[Winehole23]

parole boards?

[Winehole23]

are murderers somehow uniquely undeserving of mercy?

[Winehole23]

all sincere questions, btw.

[baseline bum]

are prison officials scumbags for releasing killers when their sentences are served? after all, they put these douchebags back in the general population, every day.

I ran through the article too quickly the first time and missed that these dickheads could have been part of the 90% already released. My bad.

[baseline bum]

are murderers somehow uniquely undeserving of mercy?

Yes. I think anyone guilty of committing murder in the first degree deserves death*.

[*Of course by guilty I mean he did it, not that the state found him guilty]

[baseline bum]

parole boards?

And yes, people on parole boards are dickheads if they put murderers in the general population before their sentences are up.

[Winehole23]

given the number ofpeople falsely prosecuted here in Texas, would you be willing to moderate that? sometimes prosecutors cheat and innocent men go to prison.

[Winehole23]

http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/state.php?state=tx

[Wild Cobra]

Might be legal, but I hope he gets killed for putting these kind of douchebags back in the general population. What a scumbag thing to do.
There may have been mitigating circumstances as to why they commuted the crime, and were only a threat to the person now gone. Unless you know all the details, you're just fantasizing. They were recommended by a board before this action was taken.

[DMX7]

given the number ofpeople falsely prosecuted here in Texas, would you be willing to moderate that? sometimes prosecutors cheat and innocent men go to prison.

Do you believe he made those pardons because he believe those murders were likely innocent? That seems to be the implication.

[mouse]

Two of the Pardon prisoners were already spotted watching a baseball game.

http://hollywoodmoviecostumes.com/ebayf/firelife9.jpg

[Winehole23]

Do you believe he made those pardons because he believe those murders were likely innocent? That seems to be the implication.Perhaps. The guilty sometimes get pardons too. I have no problem with that.