- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that he has been released from an inpatient physical therapy fâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nu
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
Russia plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine's neighbor Belarus, says Putin, further stoking tensionâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BO
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
The Los Angeles Unified School District reaches an agreement in negotiations with union following a three-day strikâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pE
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
RT @CNN: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is testifying in a Utah court at a trial over a skiing accident that sparked a seven-year legal battle. Fo…
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
A federal judge has rejected Trump's claim of executive privilege and ordered several former aides, including Markâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GM
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
Rep. George Santos and Brazilian prosecutors reach a deal in case alleging he defrauded a shop clerk out of $1,300,â€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…P0
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,141,857
The House fails to override Biden's first veto of his presidency on a resolution to overturn a retirement investmenâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…20
CNN POLITICS ON FACEBOOK » | CNN POLITICS ON TWITTER »
March 8th, 2012
03:01 PM ET
Court: Barbour's Mississippi pardons are valid
Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the pardons of more than 200 convicts issued by Gov. Haley Barbour on his way out of office, rejecting a challenge by the state's attorney general.
Attorney General Jim Hood had argued in court last month that Barbour failed to follow state law by filing proper notice in newspapers where the inmates' crimes had been committed.
But in its opinion Thursday, the high court wrote that the pardons "may not be set aside or voided by the judicial branch" on those grounds.
Among those Barbour pardoned before he left office in January were many convicted murderers, including four who had worked as "trusties" at the governor's mansion. Critics argued that the governor failed to consider the families of their victims before freeing them.
FULL STORY
On Twitter
Believe that when “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis says he read his Twitter DMs, he really dcnn.it/3TRFCSoNOBo
Kangaroos are on Australia’s coat of arms and the tail of the national airline, but every year state authorities altwitter.com/i/web/status/1…vNbY
Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $1 million in moral damages for râ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CV
A new spin on the puzzle game genre lets players rewrite classic stories by mixing characters and settings. https://t.co/OeNoC6hYJH
A stunning lineup of five planets will decorate the night sky cnn.it/3K6BJ8S https://t.co/iw6jAWJdy9
On Twitter
Believe that when “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis says he read his Twitter DMs, he really dcnn.it/3TRFCSoNOBo
Kangaroos are on Australia’s coat of arms and the tail of the national airline, but every year state authorities altwitter.com/i/web/status/1…vNbY
Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $1 million in moral damages for râ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CV
A new spin on the puzzle game genre lets players rewrite classic stories by mixing characters and settings. https://t.co/OeNoC6hYJH
A stunning lineup of five planets will decorate the night sky cnn.it/3K6BJ8S https://t.co/iw6jAWJdy9
@cnnbrk on Twitter
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that he has been released from an inpatient physical therapy fâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nu
Russia plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine's neighbor Belarus, says Putin, further stoking tensionâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BO
The Los Angeles Unified School District reaches an agreement in negotiations with union following a three-day strikâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pE
RT @CNN: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is testifying in a Utah court at a trial over a skiing accident that sparked a seven-year legal battle. Fo…
A federal judge has rejected Trump's claim of executive privilege and ordered several former aides, including Markâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GM
that's sad. He let people who murdered their girlfriends/wives go free and now another woman will be in danger...smh boy that governor is horrible
not only is the man racist but you let go murders who should have had the death penalty? what if your daughter ends up with one of those guys? smh
Don't ever let me hire you as a lawyer, because you're clearly biased towards emotion lol
If the law says he can pardon then why not, and if the law has been used against then it can used for!
so the state law that requires 30 day notice no longer applies? they didnt actually consider the law, just covered barbours butt.
What's up with that. Does anyone bother to guess why he pardoned these criminal right before he left office? This is like a man on his last breath; he does not need to worry about the consequence of what he says or does. American justice is a joke. One single person's BIASED opinion can toss out the judge and jury's decisions..... what a joke. Don't tell me to take it seriously until it's fixed.
Maybe that was his point. Maybe he did this to show that no one man should have such power and revoke those rights to pardon from a governor. I mean even within the parole and review boards for potentially wrongfully convicted murderers on death row, I believe the decision should be made by more that one person. I mean they were convicted by a jury in most cases (unless they had a bench trial in rare cases), so why should their not be a jury to oversee potential miss-convictions as well.
What a sad sad state of affairs. Unbelievable. And one young woman's life is already snuffed out because of these releases.
Here is the reality check...half (or more) of the people he pardoned will be back in prison sooner or later. The governor should be held accountable if anyone is harmed by these criminals!!!
He should be put away himself! What an idiot!!!! There is absolutely nothing that he can do or justify in his head for his actions. What a shameful excuse for a governor. Wow!
How very tragic.
If I had a loved one who was murdered by one of the pardoned inmates, I would shoot Haley Barbour in the head. I hope someone does.
The solution is obvious: don't vote for Republicans.
This is the new America. Government officials are not responsible for their actions. And they know how you should live your life, too. There's a name for it, "Hope and change".
Sad...lynching was a "valid" way of life at some point in America's sick history...doesn't make it right. The letter of the law has historically been used in the DEEP south to satisfy an agenda whether humanistic or not...my heart breaks for the relatives of the murdered who now confront the reality that in an elected official's mind, their lives had no value.
The Mississippi Supreme Court only rules on legal matters. It does not venture into the moral arena because that is not its job. What is legal is not always moral and vice-verse. Clearly the pardons were legal but morally they were horrible.
Doesnt he work for Butler Snow now, law firm in Jackson, MS?
I totally approve. Haley Barbour is a great man. He knows what he is doing.