More details about these great "human beings" he pardoned:

The 40-year-old Gatlin was sentenced to life in prison in the 1993 slaying of Tammy Ellis Gatlin and the shooting of Randy Walker, her long-time friend. Walker survived.

Walker's mother, Glenda Walker, said Monday that Gatlin shot his estranged wife while she was holding their young baby, then shot her son in the head.

"He left that little baby on his dead mother's body," Glenda Walker said. "It was a horrendous murder."

Crystal Walker, Randy Walker's wife, told the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., that her family was now living in fear.

"On parole he'd at least have to check in and have some supervision," the newspaper quoted her as saying. "Now he could live beside us, or we could run into him at Wal-Mart. You're always looking over your shoulder."

Tiffany Ellis Brewer of Pearl, sister of Tammy Ellis Gatlin, said David Gatlin's release revived the grief for her family.

"He shot her in the head while she was holding a baby," she said. "He's a cold-blooded murderer."

Mark McAbee said Barbour pardoned the man who killed his uncle, Ricky Montgomery.

McAbee said Ozment was sentenced to life in 1994 for the slaying, which happened during a robbery with several other men.

"One of the other ones shot my uncle three times. He was crawling toward Joseph Ozment for help. He didn't know Joseph Ozment was involved. He was crawling to him for help. Joseph Ozment put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger twice," McAbee said.

He called the pardon "a slap in the face."

FTFA: "Serving your sentence at the Governor's Mansion where you pour liquor, cook and clean should not earn a pardon for murder," Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, a Democrat, posted Monday on his Facebook page.

You have to wonder how convicted killers managed enough leniency to end up with a relatively cushy "sentence"... I'd like to think maybe they've been reformed enough, in which case the system worked.

But after reading the Boobies, you have to wonder if that's truly possible. :-/

I am getting a kick out of this. The local democrat activist has tried to make this a racial/sex issue by pointing out none of the killers killed men (at that time).

You would think the hypocrite democrats would be happy. There are less people in jail today.

EnviroDude: I am getting a kick out of this. The local democrat activist has tried to make this a racial/sex issue by pointing out none of the killers killed men (at that time).

You would think the hypocrite democrats would be happy. There are less people in jail today.

Trying to blame Democrats for something a Republican does. Think it will work?

when you look at prisoners through the prism of being modern day america's slave laborers, what this governor did is actually quite progressive. i'm not going to go so far as to say he's a civil rights hero worthy of a large bronze statue in the park, but he certainly deserves at least a small bronze bust in a library somewhere.

Philip Francis Queeg: Even if he thought they were rehabilitated, why not commute the sentence rather than give them a full pardon? Why wipe out the conviction entirely?

I'm thinking maybe they did more for the Governor than pour drinks and dust.

does a governor have the power to commute sentences?

Philip Francis Queeg: thomps: Philip Francis Queeg: Even if he thought they were rehabilitated, why not commute the sentence rather than give them a full pardon? Why wipe out the conviction entirely?

I'm thinking maybe they did more for the Governor than pour drinks and dust.

does a governor have the power to commute sentences?

Yup.

In a move that illustrates the erratic nature of America's justice system, Gov. Haley Barbour commuted the sentence of Michael David Graham last Thursday, July 17. (new window)

interesting, almost makes it worthwhile to be the governor of mississippi.

Waiting until your last day(s) to pardon folks is cowardly, regardless of the reason. Be a man and be upfront about it.

EnviroDude: I am getting a kick out of this. The local dDemocrat activist has tried to make this a racial/sex issue by pointing out none of the killers killed men (at that time).

You would think the hypocrite dDemocrats would be happy. There are less fewer people in jail today.

If you're going to be post something stupid, at least get the grammar and capitalization right.

BullBearMS: You don't get to be a trustee working in the Governor's home without being a model prisoner.

You also don't earn a parole from a parole board without being a model prisoner.

TFA: Gov. Haley Barbour has pardoned at least four convicted killers who worked as inmate trusties at the governor's mansion, including a man who was denied parole less than two weeks ago.

BullBearMS: ThisIsAnOutrage!

Nobody should ever be pardoned again and we should just execute everyone ever found guilty of anything!

This isn't what liberals actually believe.

Party shills. You have crossed over to the retarded side. Liberals believe people can be rehabilitated in prison.

... what the Hell is wrong with you today?

BullBearMS: HotWingConspiracy: BullBearMS: Texas killing inmates...

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Mississippi pardoning inmates...

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So, carbonite then?

If only there was a third option.

So let's abolish parole boards?

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This isn't even high quality trolling but you are reeling them in... congrats

BullBearMS: Several inmates lucked up and happened to work directly for the one guy in the state who had the power to grant them a pardon all by himself. Apparently, they impressed him enough over the years that he was willing to throw away any chance of running for President to grant them a pardon. Good for them.

You assholes are acting like it would be better to put them to death.

I think it would be better to have them serve their term, rather than have the early release of murderers be mixed up the last-minute decisions of a politician whose job is in a tail-spin and who is in "I don't give a f*ck anymore" territory. I was against Huckabee releasing a rapist early for political reasons and I'm against this for the same reason. At the very least there should be an inquiry into what motivated these last-minute pardons.

And for some reason you've taken it upon yourself to declare war on objective reality over this story. I usually agree with you, but God damn have you lost your farking mind over this.

A Dark Evil Omen: It's BullBearMS. Objective reality has never impinged on his mind as long as I've seen him posting here.

Well, I've usually agreed with him when he criticizes Obama for being too conservative. For some reason he's gone full-retard over this story, however. It's kind of sad to watch, but hardly rare around this place.