TNF POSTERS EXPRESS OUTRAGE OVER HALEY BARBOUR!

[AquaMan]

Has anyone determined why he pardoned 200 people with 14 of them being murderers? Even authorities in Mississippi seemed mystified. Maybe someone is holding his family hostage or something?

[guido911]

Has anyone determined why he pardoned 200 people with 14 of them being murderers? Even authorities in Mississippi seemed mystified. Maybe someone is holding his family hostage or something?

Not sure why this guy did this. My question to you, is are you sufficiently outraged so aox can feel important.

[guido911]

I expressed some outrage twice and I guess he didn't think it was enough.

You're doing it wrong.

[AquaMan]

The outrage is boiling in my belly like Austex Chili with Lousiana hot sauce over fries. Its palpable.

[Teatownclown]

send Haley on down to clean up Gitmo!

[patric]

Here's what the Gov told CNN:

Approximately 90 percent of these individuals were no longer in custody, and a majority of them had been out for years. The pardons were intended to allow them to find gainful employment or acquire professional licenses as well as hunt and vote. My decision about clemency was based upon the recommendation of the Parole Board in more than 90 percent of the cases. The 26 people released from custody due to clemency is just slightly more than one-tenth of 1 percent of those incarcerated.
Half of the people who were incarcerated and released were placed on indefinite suspension due to medical reasons because their health care expenses while incarcerated were costing the state so much money. These individuals suffer from severe chronic illnesses, are on dialysis, in wheelchairs or are bedridden. They are not threats to society but if any of them commits an offense – even a misdemeanor – they'll be returned to custody to serve out their term.

[Teatownclown]

Here's what the Gov told CNN:

Approximately 90 percent of these individuals were no longer in custody, and a majority of them had been out for years. The pardons were intended to allow them to find gainful employment or acquire professional licenses as well as hunt and vote. My decision about clemency was based upon the recommendation of the Parole Board in more than 90 percent of the cases. The 26 people released from custody due to clemency is just slightly more than one-tenth of 1 percent of those incarcerated.
Half of the people who were incarcerated and released were placed on indefinite suspension due to medical reasons because their health care expenses while incarcerated were costing the state so much money. These individuals suffer from severe chronic illnesses, are on dialysis, in wheelchairs or are bedridden. They are not threats to society but if any of them commits an offense – even a misdemeanor – they'll be returned to custody to serve out their term.

Tell that to the victims, Comitman.....

[Conan71]

Here's what the Gov told CNN:

Approximately 90 percent of these individuals were no longer in custody, and a majority of them had been out for years. The pardons were intended to allow them to find gainful employment or acquire professional licenses as well as hunt and vote. My decision about clemency was based upon the recommendation of the Parole Board in more than 90 percent of the cases. The 26 people released from custody due to clemency is just slightly more than one-tenth of 1 percent of those incarcerated.
Half of the people who were incarcerated and released were placed on indefinite suspension due to medical reasons because their health care expenses while incarcerated were costing the state so much money. These individuals suffer from severe chronic illnesses, are on dialysis, in wheelchairs or are bedridden. They are not threats to society but if any of them commits an offense – even a misdemeanor – they'll be returned to custody to serve out their term.

Sounds like a bunch of hullaballoo over nothing in an election year.  I'm sure next they will construe Barbour's actions as Romney being soft on crime.

[Teatownclown]

Sounds like a bunch of hullaballoo over nothing in an election year.  I'm sure next they will construe Barbour's actions as Romney being soft on crime.

good idea!

[AquaMan]

More detail as to why and who were released and/or pardoned. Not as big a story as some might have thought.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=145566586

[heironymouspasparagus]

State law should be kind of obvious, but hey, there is that Florida thing where the SCOTUS did it all wrong in 2000.  So who knows how this might end up.