Top of the Hour: Haley Barbour’s Pardon Spree, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

A judge in Mississippi has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates pardoned by now former Governor Haley Barbour. Jim Hood, Mississippi’s Attorney General, tells CNN Barbour failed to publish pardon requests 30 days before they were granted as required by law.

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