01-11-2012, 08:49 PM
yessss!!! will they be able to lock the bastards back up? ( i doubt it. )
edit: shit. now only 21 pardons are blocked.
CNN
A Mississippi judge has issued a temporary injunction that forbids the release of pardoned prisoners, a move that comes after outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned 199 people.
Of the 199 people that Barbour pardoned on his way out of office, 14 were convicted murderers. Several convicted murderers have already been released.
Attorney General Jim Hood is asking Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green to block the release of inmates pardoned by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour, saying the state Constitution has been violated in at least some cases.
Under that Constitution, a legal notice of plans to pardon must be published 30 days prior to the pardon.
Hood said his office has discovered that no notice was published in some cases, in other cases not published before 30 days and in some cases, published on time.
“Unfortunately our research has revealed that Gov. Barbour violated the Constitution,” Hood said. “We’re seeking to stop the release of any prisoners.”
Barbour’s pardoning of nearly 200 people has prompted an uproar among victims’ families and others.
Five former inmates, four of them serving life sentences for murder, have already been released.
Hood said he’s asking for the court to serve them notices until a hearing can be held.
boss hogg
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edit: shit. now only 21 pardons are blocked.
CNN
A Mississippi judge has issued a temporary injunction that forbids the release of pardoned prisoners, a move that comes after outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned 199 people.
Of the 199 people that Barbour pardoned on his way out of office, 14 were convicted murderers. Several convicted murderers have already been released.
Attorney General Jim Hood is asking Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green to block the release of inmates pardoned by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour, saying the state Constitution has been violated in at least some cases.
Under that Constitution, a legal notice of plans to pardon must be published 30 days prior to the pardon.
Hood said his office has discovered that no notice was published in some cases, in other cases not published before 30 days and in some cases, published on time.
“Unfortunately our research has revealed that Gov. Barbour violated the Constitution,” Hood said. “We’re seeking to stop the release of any prisoners.”
Barbour’s pardoning of nearly 200 people has prompted an uproar among victims’ families and others.
Five former inmates, four of them serving life sentences for murder, have already been released.
Hood said he’s asking for the court to serve them notices until a hearing can be held.
boss hogg