Pardon
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Top of the Hour: Barbour Pardons Deemed Legal by Mississippi Supreme Court, Morning Headlines
Before leaving office, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour issued pardons based on the prisoners’ “repentance, rehabilitation and redemption.” The pardons included four convicted killers. Yesterday, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled the pardons were legal.
Obama Campaign Returns Funds to Fugitive Rojas-Cardona’s Family
Barack Obama’s election campaign fund has decided to re-pay donations from relatives of a fugitive, Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona. The family has also sought a pardon for Rojas-Cardona, who fled to Mexico in 1994 to escape a variety of fraud and drug charges.
Mississippi Pardons May Spark Manhunts
Mississippi’s attorney general Jim Hood said Thursday that the state may have to issue a nationwide manhunt after four pardoned murderers left jail and “hit the road running.” The four were among nearly 200 convicted criminals granted clemency by Governor Barbour before he left office earlier this week. Why Barbour did this, and the legality […]
Top of the Hour: Haley Barbour’s Pardon Spree, Morning Headlines
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.