Quiet.....way too quiet.
And this is different from what we have come to expect, how??
(Not just Republicontin, but also Dummycrat...)
But, by God, we will keep the local toker in prison, hell or high water!!
The story is less than 12 hours old. Outrage takes a little while
Quote from: RecycleMichael on January 11, 2012, 07:31:23 PM
The story is less than 12 hours old. Outrage takes a little while
That's why I just keep a big ol' jug of outrage handy all the time...can respond at a moments notice!
Where are you victim's right activists? Have you turned from violence to love and forgiveness?
Brett Favre's brother pardoned by outgoing Gov. Haley BarbourASSOCIATED PRESS January 11, 2012 1:38PM
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/9950528-419/brett-favres-brother-pardoned-by-outgoing-gov-haley-barbour.html
Still waiting....
Would someone please express some outrage so aox can feel his topics/posts have meaning?
How about this...
I am so pissed off that some redneck southern governor pardoned all those criminals. It just shows that everything is political!
Should I have used all caps?
Quote from: RecycleMichael on January 12, 2012, 02:40:20 PM
How about this...
I am so pissed off that some redneck southern governor pardoned all those criminals. It just shows that everything is political!
Should I have used all caps?
Very fine effort. Kudos.
Quote from: guido911 on January 12, 2012, 02:37:01 PM
Would someone please express some outrage so aox can feel his topics/posts have meaning?
If he had merely commuted the sentences of the criminals involved this might not be so bad. He gave full pardons to murderers so they will have no parole officers to report to. The murderers will also be eligible to own firearms. That's why this is getting so little attention. :D
Oh yeah, I forgot, nationwide manhunts will follow. I'm outraged.
AG: Mississippi may order nationwide manhunt
Judge issues temporary injunction over pardons
http://www.news4jax.com/news/AG-Mississippi-may-order-nationwide-manhunt/-/475880/7849584/-/8o4oot/-/ (http://www.news4jax.com/news/AG-Mississippi-may-order-nationwide-manhunt/-/475880/7849584/-/8o4oot/-/)
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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."
Hood said he did not know Barbour's reasons for the pardons and clemencies, but said he owed the public an explanation.
He gave the governor a tongue-lashing, comparing him to the unethical, greedy commissioner in the 1980s television series "The Dukes of Hazzard."
"He's tried to rule the state like Boss Hogg and he didn't think the law applied to him," Hood told CNN Wednesday.
Hood said Barbour violated the state's constitution because the pardon requests for many inmates were not published 30 days before they were granted, as required.
Mississippi is one of the few states that requires advance notice.
"This isn't a partisan issue," according to Hood, who is a Democrat. "Either you followed the constitution or you didn't."
Barbour is a conservative Republican.
Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Tomie Green issued the injunction Wednesday, saying it appeared some pardons, including those for four murderers, did not meet the 30-day requirement. Any inmates released in the future must meet the standard, Green ruled.
On his way out the door, the governor approved full pardons for nearly 200 people, including 14 convicted murderers, according to documents the Mississippi secretary of state's office released Tuesday.
The four murderers who received full pardons last week -- David Gatlin, Joseph Ozment, Charles Hooker and Anthony McCray -- were cited in Green's order.
Why would you organize manhunts for pardened criminals if all proper legal channels were followed in the process? Seems like a violation of civil rights.
Quote from: Conan71 on January 12, 2012, 08:42:34 PM
Why would you organize manhunts for pardened criminals if all proper legal channels were followed in the process? Seems like a violation of civil rights.
Maybe this?
QuoteHood said Barbour violated the state's constitution because the pardon requests for many inmates were not published 30 days before they were granted, as required.
Quote from: guido911 on January 12, 2012, 02:37:01 PM
Would someone please express some outrage so aox can feel his topics/posts have meaning?
I expressed some outrage twice and I guess he didn't think it was enough.
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?
Quote from: AquaMan on January 13, 2012, 12:47:27 PM
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.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on January 13, 2012, 06:01:23 AM
I expressed some outrage twice and I guess he didn't think it was enough.
You're doing it wrong.
The outrage is boiling in my belly like Austex Chili with Lousiana hot sauce over fries. Its palpable.
send Haley on down to clean up Gitmo!
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.
Quote from: patric on January 13, 2012, 02:19:23 PM
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.....
Quote from: patric on January 13, 2012, 02:19:23 PM
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.
Quote from: Conan71 on January 13, 2012, 02:27:35 PM
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!
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
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.