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 in addition to those convicted of manslaughter and murder Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, pictured, also gave early release to people convicted of DUI deaths, burglary, kidnapping and drug crimes. The outraged families of the victims have slammed the decision as unfair but the governor, whose mansion some of the inmates worked at, refused to comment on their feelings. Clockwise from top left: Joseph Ozment; Jennifer Wilder; Charles Hooker; Anthony Sansing; Anthony McCray; Rheon Mcshepard; Larry Roby; Aaron Brown; Larry Harper; and David Gatlin.
 
 THE FULL LIST: ALL 226 PARDONS OR EARLY RELEASES BARBOUR GRANTED
 
 Paul Joseph Warnock
 Murder
 
 Michael Graham
 Murder
 
 Bobby Hayes Clark
 Manslaughter
 
 Clarence Jones
 Murder
 
 Willie James Kimble
 Murder
 
 Jamie Scott
 Robbery with Deadly Weapon
 
 Gladys Scott
 Robbery with Deadly Weapon
 
 Michael J. Jones
 Sale of a Controlled Substance
 
 Nathan Kern
 Robbery
 
 David Gatlin
 Murder, Aggravated Assault, Burglary
 
 Charles Hooker
 Murder
 
 Anthony McCray
 Murder
 
 Joseph Ozment
 Murder, Conspiracy and Armed Robbery
 
 Michael Davie Graham
 Murder
 
 Victor C. Collins
 Murder
 
 Larry Darnel Roby
 Murder, Racketeering
 
 Booker T. Barnes
 Murder
 
 Anthony Sansing
 Murder
 
 Jimmy Lee Avera
 Murder
 
 Steven Charles Adams
 Grand Larceny and Possession of Cocaine
 
 Donald Dwight Adcock
 Arson
 
 Thomas Ailes
 Unlawful Sale of Controlled Substance
 
 Mark Hubbard Allen
 Vehicular Homicide
 
 Patricia Amacker
 False Pretense, Felony & Misdemeanor
 
 Michael Clinton Armstrong
 Attempted Enticement of a Child for Sexual Purposes
 
 William Antoin Bardwell
 Sale of Marijuana, Less Than One Ounce
 
 Robert King Barq
 Possession of a Controlled Substance
 
 Thomas Holt Beasley
 Sale of Marijuana, Sale of Cocaine
 
 Melanie Suzanne Beelond
 Possession of Cocaine
 
 Larry Bell
 Escape from Custody, Charge of Felonuy
 
 Vincent Cardell Bell
 Murder, Accessory After the Fact
 
 Frank Delomme Borders Jr.
 Burglary
 
 Harry Russ Bostick
 DUI 3rd offense
 
 Lee Brackeen Jr.
 Shooting a Firearm into a Dwelling, Poss. Of Chemicals with Attempt to Manufacture/Distribute
 
 Karlton Lee Bradley
 Possession of Cocaine/Sale with Intent
 
 Dwight E. Breland
 Possession of Controlled Substance
 
 Bobby Neal Brown
 Burglary
 
 Douglas Duane Burcham
 Auto Burglary & Grand Larceny
 
 Aaron Clay Butler
 Conspiracy to Sell Marijuana
 
 Henry Preston Byrd
 Robbery
 
 John Springer Buchanan
 Sale of Controlled Substance
 
 Jeanette Walker Cain
 Uttering Forgery
 
 Buster Caldwell
 Rape and Armed Robbery
 
 Bobby Ray Camp
 Burglary and Larceny of a Building
 
 Daniel Caleb Campbell
 Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine
 
 Gerald Calhoun
 Possession of a Controlled Substance
 
 Kenneth Carver
 Burglary
 
 Perry Lee Cauthen
 Conspiracy to Commit Larceny & Grand Larceny
 
 Jess Cessna
 Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling; Aggravated Assault
 
 Andrew Camphor
 Robbery
 
 Michael Lawrence Collum
 House Burglary
 
 Ryan Jeremiah Cooper
 Prescription Forgery
 
 James Richard Chenault
 Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Sell
 
 Nathaniel Cunningham Jr.
 Felony False Pretense
 
 Allison Bernadette Dazet
 Burglary
 
 Stanley Duncan
 Grand Larceny
 
 Peggy Sue Eiland
 Forgery
 
 Earnest Scott Favre
 DUI Causing Death
 
 Russell Glen Ferguson
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Mark Steven Ford
 Burglary
 
 Jamie Donald Franks
 Aggravated DUI
 
 Aubrey Orlando Fratesi
 Obtaining Controlled Substance By Deception;
 
 Prescription Fraud
 
 Randy Scott Fortenberry
 Manslaughter
 
 Rock Allen Gerald
 Sale of Marijuana
 
 Gregg Patrick Gibbes
 Aggravated DUI Death
 
 Latisha R. Gilbert
 Embezzlement
 
 Mabrie C. Gilmer
 Manslaughter
 
 Norman Dwayne Givens
 Burglary of a House
 
 Matthew Nelson Godfrey
 Conspiracy to Commit Grand Larceny
 
 Sharrion Patrice Grant
 Aggravated Assault
 
 James Leslie Grantham
 Possession of Precursor Chemicals
 
 Thomas Anthony Graziousi
 Auto Burglary; Grand Larceny
 
 Robert Brian Gregg
 Manslaughter (Culpable Negligence); DUI Injury
 
 Louis Edwin Griffin Jr.
 Homicide
 
 Ashley Seymour Gunter
 Burglary of an Automobile
 
 Jeffery Lee Haire
 Possession of a Controlled Substance
 
 Barbara Hamilton
 Burglary of a Residence and Robbery
 
 James Larry Hankins
 Armed Robbery
 
 Wayne Thurman Harris
 Sale of Marijuana
 
 Kevin Jerome Hatches
 Possession of Cocaine
 
 Daniel Wayne Hendon
 Robbery
 
 Kimario Kuhron Hentz
 Armed Robbery
 
 William Eric Henderson
 Kidnapping
 
 Sim Collins Holifield
 Grand Larceny
 
 Hunter Olin Hope
 Sale of 20 MM of Testosterone
 
 Jesse Octavia Houston
 Embezzlement
 
 Joshua L. Howard
 Statutory Rape
 
 Benjamin Earl Hussey
 Sale of a Controlled Substance
 
 John D. Jackson
 Strong Arm Robbery
 
 Jerome Francis Jackson
 Burglary and Larceny of an Automobile
 
 Pamela Yvette Jackson
 Strong Armed Robbery
 
 Phillip Jackson
 DUI Homicide
 
 Michael S. James
 Possession of a Controlled Substance
 
 April Michelle Johnson
 Embezzlement
 
 Shundrell Johnson
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Thomas Cole Kendall
 Gratification of Lust
 
 Tammy Kay Swanson
 Uttering Forgery
 
 Michael Derek Knauss
 Possession of Stolen Property
 
 Christopher Clark Kolb
 Sale of Hydrocodone
 
 Anon LaDell Jordan
 Burglary of a Dwelling
 
 Roy Michael Latham
 Manslaughter
 
 Bobby Joe Lee
 Sale of Marijuana
 
 Terry James Lee
 Burglary & Larceny of a Dwelling
 
 Mary Brower
 Forgery
 
 Ernest Carl Lowery Jr.
 House Burglary; Uttering a Forgery
 
 Herbert Lowery
 Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver
 
 Amy Douglas Love
 Uttering Forgery; Burglary of an Automobile
 
 Kevin Bandouglas
 
 McCullough
 Unlawful Sale of Marijuana
 
 John Earl McCool
 Felony Crime of Possession of Precursor Chemicals with Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine
 
 Jimmy McNeese
 Possession of Precursor Chemicals
 
 Martin Miller Jack
 Felony Bad Check
 
 Michael Arlen Matthew
 Burglary
 
 Clinton Jason Moffitt
 Conspiracy to Commit Voter Fraud
 
 John Becket Monaghan
 Sale of Controlled Substance
 
 Charles Wesley Newby
 Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon; Grand Larceny; Aggravated Assault
 
 David Willard Newcomb
 Possession of Crystal Meth with Intent Within 1500 Feet of a Church; Manufacture of Crystal Meth Within 1500 Feet of a Church
 
 Justin Wade Nunnery
 Possession of Methamphetamine
 
 Perry Tyson Owen
 Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Transfer or Distribute
 
 Danny Lamar Peacock
 Burglary of an Automobile
 
 Shirley Peters
 Sale of a Controlled Substance
 
 Zachary Kane Polk
 Sale of a Controlled Substance
 
 Corey Powell
 Burglary of a Business
 
 Richard Earl Price
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Constance Renee Pruitt
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Lisa Ralston Brogdon
 Conspiracy and Burglary of Dwelling
 
 Kenneth Bernard Ratliff
 Sale of Cocaine
 
 Shelly Ann Ray (Self)
 Manufacturing Methamphetamine & Possession of Methamphetamine
 
 Norman Lee Redo
 Possession of Controlled Substance
 
 Samuel Wade Reid
 Burglary of a Dwelling
 
 Katherine Robertson
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Roslyn Murray Robertson
 Conspiracy to Commit a False Pretense; False Pretense
 
 Everett Franklin Rodgers
 Murder and Aggravated Assault
 
 John Montrell Rose
 Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
 
 Barry James Sanderson Jr.
 Kidnapping
 
 Demetries Andre Sanford
 Armed Robbery
 
 Dawn Renee Schaefer
 Embezzlement; Shoplifting; Conspiracy to Commit Crime of Felony Shoplifting
 
 Jason Todd Shivers
 Sale of LSD
 
 Perry Lee Sims
 Grand Larceny
 
 Justin O'Keefe Smith
 DUI Death
 
 Linda Gale Smith
 Forgery
 
 Leslie Carlton Smith
 Robbery with a Deadly Weapon
 
 Patricia Diane Southerland
 Embezzlement
 
 Billy Ray Sims
 Possession of Marijuana
 
 Scott McLean Smith
 Sale of Amphetamine
 
 Shirley Ann Smith
 Embezzlement
 
 Robert Edward Stanfield
 Sale of a Controlled Substance
 
 Robert D. Stakley
 Uttering Forgery
 
 Tyrone Steele
 Sale of Marijuana
 
 Clemmie Rogers Stewart Jr.
 Embezzlement
 
 Thomas Stewart
 Receiving Stolen Property
 
 Neil Fowler Strickland
 Burglary and Larceny of an Automobile; Burglary and Larceny
 
 Wesley Dwayne Spears
 Burglary of a Storehouse
 
 Robin Creel Speath
 Burglary of an Inhabited Dwelling
 
 Emma Stuckey
 Manslaughter
 
 Paul James Sullivan
 Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer
 
 Kevin Bradley Tabereaux
 Sale of Cocaine; DUI Homicide
 
 Mitchell Travis Tanksley
 Larceny of Cattle
 
 Kirby Glenn Tate
 Possession of Marijuana with Intent; Possession of
 
 Oxycodone; Delivery of Marijuana
 
 Jimmy Lee Thomas
 Burglary of a Business
 
 Samuel Tisdale Jr.
 Manslaughter
 
 Steven A. Thompson
 Bribery and or Attempted Bribery
 
 Alice Triplett
 Embezzlement
 
 Clarence Crawford Tyer Jr.
 Possession of Stolen Property
 
 Leton Cellious Upchurch
 Attempted Enticement of a Child for Prostitution
 
 Marion Lee Upchurch Jr.
 Burglary of a Dwelling House; Felony Possession of a Firearm
 
 Joel Warren Vann
 DUI Death
 
 Chelley Lee Wade
 Manslaughter (2 counts)
 
 Burton Hill Walden
 DUI Death
 
 Bobby Gene Wallace
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Donna Meshea Walters
 DUI Third Offense
 
 Anthony Maxwell West
 Embezzlement
 
 Narquita Watson
 Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery; Accessory After Fact to Capital Murder
 
 Aaron D. Williams
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Corey Dean Williams
 Sale of Controlled Substance; Possession of
 
 Hydromorphone
 
 Carol Denise Williams
 Forged False or Fraudulent Prescription
 
 Shirley Ann Winston
 Forgery
 
 Ralph Edward Worthy
 Sale of Marijuana
 
 Charles Edward Yates Jr.
 Unlawful Possession of Precursor Chemicals; Possession of Methamphetamine
 
 Charles Jerome Young
 Receiving Stolen Property
 
 Betty Jean Linston
 Sale of Marijuana
 
 Hardy McCormick Jr.
 Sale of Marijuana and Receiving Stolen Property
 
 James Lewis Black
 Armed Robbery
 
 Edith Watts
 Delivery of a Controlled Substance
 
 Curtis Thomas
 Statutory Rape
 
 Danny Joe Stapleton
 Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent
 
 Johnny Lee Nettles
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Annie Pearl Rash
 Uttering Forgery
 
 John Davis
 Robbery
 
 Travis Orlando Hill
 Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
 
 Tawanda Jackson
 Manslaughter, Armed Robbery and Kidnapping
 
 Rheon McShepard
 Homicide or Murder
 
 Melissa Ann Cooper
 Sale of Controlled Substance
 
 Jesse Buie
 Felony DUI
 
 Nichelle Elaine Brandon
 Aggravated Assault
 
 Daniel Mac Dobbins
 Possession of Marijuana
 
 Karen Irby
 Manslaughter (2 Counts)
 
 Judy Lynn Eichelberger
 
 Hawkins
 Conspiracy to Commit Forgery
 
 Ellis Ray Mooneyham
 Burglary of a Dwelling
 
 Leon Turner
 Murder
 
 Derrick Lynn Guiton
 Homicide/Murder; Simple Assault
 
 Walter James McKee
 Armed Robbery
 
 Eldridge Dean Bonds
 Forcible Sexual Battery
 
 Thomas Levi Howell
 Sale of Embezzlement; Burglary
 
 Harold L. Miller III
 Manslaughter
 
 Reggie Rogers
 Felony DUI
 
 John Mitchell
 Sale of Controlled Substance
 
 Emily Rebecca Hentz
 Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine; Attempt to Manufacture Methamphetamine
 
 Aaron Brown
 Murder; Concealed Weapon; Possession of a
 
 Controlled Substance
 
 Carol Pinkston
 Burglary
 
 Guy Blan Newcomb
 Sale of Cocaine
 
 Marion Thompson
 Armed Robbery
 
 Larry Harper
 Homicide; Aggravated Assault; Felony Possession of a Weapon
 
 Kelly Bellapani
 Possession of a Controlled Substance
 
 Jennifer Wilder
 Sexual Battery
 
 Azikiwe Kambule
 Accessory After the Fact to Murder; Armed
 
 Carjacking
 
 Douglas Hunter Heindman
 Cyberstalking
 
 Larry Booker
 Uttering Forgery
 
 Lindsay Kathryn Welch
 Manslaughter (Culpable Negligence)
 
 Steven Todd Thompson
 Domestic Violence
 
 Brenda Louise Travis
 Felony Shoplifting
 
 Patricia L. Simpson
 Manslaughter
 
 Robert Henderson
 Receiving Stolen Property; Possession of Cocaine
 
 
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 My head is going to explode. Look at all those murderers. Murderers! How does one get pardoned for murder. That's a rhetorical question.
 
	
	
	
		
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		yessss!!! will they be able to lock the bastards back up? ( i doubt it. )
 edit: shit. now only 21 pardons are blocked.
 
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 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.
 
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		Can someone help me understand this? What does this guy get out of pardoning convicts? Does he get cash from the convicts under the table? Blow jobs? What could it possibly do for him? There has got to be some reason for doing it.....not that any reason would be excusable. WHY?!?!?  
	 
	
	
	
		
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		 (01-12-2012, 10:52 AM)krystalshores Wrote:  Can someone help me understand this? 
 There is no reasonable explanation.
 
	
	
	
		
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		Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) -- Mississippi's attorney general said Thursday that the state may have to issue a nationwide manhunt after four pardoned murderers left jail and "hit the road running."
 "We'll catch 'em. It's just a matter of time," Attorney General Jim Hood told CNN.
 
 The four were among nearly 200 convicted criminals to whom Gov. Haley Barbour granted clemency or a pardon in a final act before leaving office this week.
 
 The governor's actions have set off a legal firestorm in Mississippi.
 
 A judge issued a temporary injunction Wednesday forbidding the release of any more prisoners. And the process of releasing 21 other inmates has been halted, said Hood, who believes the former governor put people at risk and sought the court order.
 
 The pardons include the four convicted murderers and a convicted armed robber who were released Sunday. The five now must contact prison officials on a daily basis as their fate is adjudicated, but their whereabouts are unknown, Hood said.
 
 A court hearing on the matter will be held January 23.
 
 Hood said the state cannot issue an arrest warrant for the five who were released because they have not committed a crime.
 
 "We have not found any law that will support that," Hood told CNN. "They have a legal document saying they are free to go.
 
 "There are some tough legal issues we are trying to address," he said. "This is such a unique problem that no law has ever had to address yet. We're having to make new law here."
 
 well which is it?? can they haul them back in or not?? yes, they are setting precedent. i hope it overthrows that old good ol' boy bullshit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		here's a video of one of the murderers.
 http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2012/...pardon.cnn
 
 
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 McCray said he had his own room at the mansion, spending three years there after serving in prison without any disciplinary problems. During his time in Jackson, he said, he did odd jobs like housekeeping, washing cars and cooking and conversed regularly with Barbour.
 
 McCray: "I did housekeeping. Shined door knobs. Washed cars and stuff like that. I cooked with the chef. That's it."
 
 He added that it was understood that trusties had a much higher chance of getting pardons than those in the general prison population, though he insisted that the two never talked about clemency.
 
 "He treated us like we were his children," McCray said.
 
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		i'll be waiting for the outcome of this today:
 (CNN) -- Four convicted murderers who were released from prison earlier this month after receiving pardons are among those who could have their fate determined in a Mississippi court Monday.
 
 In his final days in office, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned the four convicted murderers -- David Gatlin, Joseph Ozment, Charles Hooker and Anthony McCray.
 At the Monday hearing, the judge can void the pardons and send the inmates back to prison, take a ruling under advisement or free them.
 
 JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi attorney general's office says it has not been able to find one of the five former inmates who worked as trusties at the Governor's Mansion and were pardoned by Haley Barbour during his final days as governor.
 
 Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green ordered the five trusties to appear in court Monday, but authorities haven't located Joseph Ozment. He was convicted in 1994 of killing a man during a robbery.
 
 Green scheduled a 3 p.m. CST hearing to consider arguments from Attorney General Jim Hood, who's challenging some of Barbour's pardons on the grounds that they failed to meet the state constitutional requirement of publishing a legal notice for 30 days in a local newspaper.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		 the judge continued the case until Feb. 3 because of being slammed with last-minute motions. 
 the murderers will remain free until then. 3 were in court, 1 is still missing.
 
 you know what...YOU DON'T EXPUNGE THE RECORDS OF MURDERERS!!
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		mississippi is offering a reward for ozment. he has no doubt absconded.
 this guy put 2 bullets into a convenience store clerk's head. in cold blood.
 but the ex-gov. hogg calls him a "fine man" who he let play with his grandchildren. how sweet.
 
 now the files on all the killers the asshole pardoned are nowhere to be found. this is a damn OUTRAGE! their records may end up sealed, but they are MISSING! how fucking convenient. how fucking corrupt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		good. 
 Attorney general: Pardoned murderer found in Wyoming
 
 [Updated at 2:17 p.m. ET] Joseph Ozment, a convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday.
 
 Ozment was served at a hotel in Laramie, Wyoming, where he had been staying under another name, his office said.
 
 "As our officers attempted service, Mr. Ozment fled in his girlfriend's vehicle but not before the vehicle made contact with one of our investigators," Hood said in a press release.  "That is when our officers asked for the assistance of the Laramie Police Department.  Mr. Ozment returned to the hotel on foot and ended up signing receipt of service in the presence of our two officers and two with the Laramie Police Department."
 
 Ozment is one of four convicted murderers Barbour pardoned early this month. He did not appear at a court hearing in a case challenging the pardons. Hood said previously officials wanted to serve Ozment with a document telling him to appear in court.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		not surprising, and he's probably headed for mexico anyway.
 
 (CNN) -- A Wyoming attorney representing a convicted murderer recently pardoned by Mississippi's outgoing governor says his client will not attend a Mississippi Supreme Court hearing this week on the constitutionality of his and some 200 other pardons.
 
 "He's not going to go," Cheyenne, Wyoming, attorney Robert Moxley said of his client, Joseph Ozment.
 
 "He's not a fugitive and there's no valid order that says he needs to appear," Moxley told CNN.
 
 On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments brought by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood challenging the legality of scores of pardons issued by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour.
 
thankyou gov. barbour
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		another bunch of senile good-old-boy assclowns:
 (CNN) -- Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the controversial pardons of more than 200 convicts that former Gov. Haley Barbour granted on his way out of office, rejecting a challenge by the state's attorney general.
 
 In a 77-page, 6-3 ruling Thursday afternoon, the court found the pardons "may not be set aside or voided by the judicial branch." Attorney General Jim Hood had argued that no proper notice had been posted in newspapers, but the court found the final decision rested "solely with the governor."
 
 "We are mindful that the victims and their families are entitled to be interested in the subject matter of this case, and they are undoubtedly -- and understandably -- concerned with its outcome," Justice Jess Dickinson wrote for the majority. But in the cases before them, "It fell to the governor alone to decide whether the Constitution's publication requirement was met."
 
 Randy Walker, who survived a shooting by one of the men who was freed, told CNN sister network HLN that he was "totally in shock."
 Gov. Barbour pardons upheld by court
 
 "I thought it was pretty clear-cut that the constitution pretty clearly says one thing, and the justices went another way, as did Barbour," Walker said.
 
 In a statement issued Thursday afternoon, Barbour said the court "reaffirmed more than a century of settled law in our state," but acknowledged that his decision "has been difficult" for many of the inmates' victims.
 
 But in a dissenting opinion, Justice Michael Randolph called the decision "a stunning victory for some lawless convicted felons, and an immeasurable loss for the law-abiding citizens of our state."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		good job governor...the chickens are coming back to bite you in the ass.
 
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 (CNN) -- One of the men controversially pardoned earlier this year by Mississippi's outgoing governor could land back behind bars after being charged with driving drunk and causing an accident that killed an 18-year-old woman.
 
 A Pontotoc County, Mississippi, grand jury has charged Harry Bostick with drunken driving leading to a death, felony drunken driving and fleeing the scene of an accident where a death occurred, according to the indictment filed on Thursday and obtained Monday by CNN. The accident happened in October.
 
 If convicted, Bostick could be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison.
 
 His attorney did not respond immediately to a call on Monday for comment.
 
 After the charges were handed up, Bostick turned himself in and a judge set bail at $50,000, Paul Howell from the Pontotoc County prosecuting attorney's office said. The 56-year-old posted bond on Friday and was released, according to official online records.
 
 This isn't Bostick's first-run in with the law in Mississippi. He was convicted of felony drunken driving in March 2009, soon after having been convicted in July 2008 and November 2008 for drunken driving.
 
 The former Internal Revenue Service investigator was one of nearly 200 convicted criminals, including four murderers, whom Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned shortly before leaving office earlier this year. The pardons elicited an uproar, with Attorney General Jim Hood leading a charge to overturn them. But after legal challenges, they were upheld.
 
 
 Bostick was still going through a court-mandated drug rehab program when he applied for his pardon last summer. On September 30, the Mississippi Parole Board sent its review of Bostick's application to Barbour, recommending a full pardon in a 3-2 vote.
 
 A week later, on October 7, Bostick was driving under the influence again, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Charity Smith attempted to pull out onto a highway just outside Tupelo when Bostick's truck slammed into the side of her car, the patrol says.
 
 Smith was killed, and her older sister suffered serious injuries. Bostick was jailed for violating his probation from his previous DUI cases.
 
 In the grand jury indictment, Bostick is accused of "willfully, unlawfully and feloniously" driving while intoxicated; refusing to immediately stop or give his name, address or registration; and having "negligently" caused Smith's death.
 
 When he received the pardon in January, the convicted DUI felon still sat in an Oxford, Mississippi, jail cell, awaiting formal charges for the arrest tied to that case.
 
 Barbour had said that he wasn't aware of Bostick's October 2011 DUI arrest when he chose to pardon him.
 
 But e-mails obtained by CNN show that the governor's office did, in fact, know about it.
 
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