Barbour's three predecessors, dating back to 1988, gave some type of early release or pardon to a total of 12 such prisoners. All but two of them had been convicted of murder. One was serving time for forgery and another for armed robbery and aggravated assault.
Interesting to note that TWO of the THREE predecessors were members of the Demonrat party. Where were the Demon rat protestors then?
If I were the governor, I would not pardon a cold blooded murderer. Barbour, I think, should have stopped this "tradition".
But for him to be the fall guy when governors have been doing for nearly a quarter of a century is bull****.
Right, but the distinction here is that he was being pushed to run For President. And I don`t care about “tradition;” the very idea of pardoning a convicted is deplorable, well-behaved in prison or not.