Governor pardons two convicted murderers after they carry out odd jobs at his mansion

[SixthSense]

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A governor's decision to pardon two convicted murderers after they carried out odd jobs at his mansion has been slammed as 'completely unfair'.

Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, who leaves office this week, enraged families of the victims slayed by David Gatlin and Joseph Ozment in the 1990s.

The two men, who have served fewer than 20 years of their life sentences, were freed on Sunday, a Department of Corrections spokeswoman confirmed.

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In four instances in 2008, he freed men - all who worked at his mansion - who shot their ex-girlfriends or wives dead.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084337/Mississippi-Governor-Haley-Barbour-pardons-convicted-murderers.html


(welcome to the New Feudalism)

[Angry Dragon]

1. And this is a man that was thinking of running for president

[uppityperson]

2. Well, that makes sense. He thinks he's better than everyone, is above all law, probably a repub.

[Angry Dragon]

3. of course he is a repug

he is the one that the tar balls were just like toothpaste
and he belongs to the same health club as Chris Cristie

[freshwest]

9. That's right, same Repig. This has the stench of Hucklebee. And BP.

[alp227]

23. Democrats could've pulled a Willie Horton "soft on crime" ad on Barbour!

Let's see if Barbour is the surprise Palin VP pick this year.

[JoePhilly]

4. Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to get good help these days???

I mean REALLY!!!!??!!

The guy that I hired to carry the ice cube tray from the sink to the freezer is so bad, I had to hire another guy just to clean up the 4 or 5 drops of water that always end up on the floor.

And don't even get me started on the gardener. She regularly clips the long stem roses a quarter inch too SHORT!!! I'd have her deported, except I fathered her child, and I don't want to take care of that brat myself. UGH!!

The guy who feeds and maintains my horses is a total ass ... but he's screwing my wife frequently enough that she can't spend all my money ... so that one is win-win I guess.

Anyway ... the POINT is that its hard to get good help ... and if some of the help made the mistake of murdering a few folks, that can be forgiven ... if they can redeem themselves through hard work.

Yea ... that's it.

[TygrBright]

5. "Slayed?" "SLAYED?!?!" Geez, I thought the editing shortage was a US phenomenon. n/t

[ManiacJoe]

6. OK, I'll ask: What is wrong with "slayed"?

[Fearless]

13. It's "slew"

[obamanut2012]

18. It's a totally acceptable form

I even just Googled to make sure I haven't lost my mind.

I'm not snarking, I promise, just stating that "slayed" is just as legit as a past or past participle form of "slay" as the other forms several posters have stated.

[Liberal Veteran]

7. I know, right? Everyone knows it is spelt "slade".

[sharp_stick]

8. ROCK ON!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade

[obamanut2012]

12. That's how it's spelled

???

[cthulu2016]

14. slain

[Fearless]

15. It's proper form is "slew"

A review of US usage 2000-2009 in COCA suggests that "slayed" is increasing in popularity, but remains less common than "slew". It is very rare in UK usage (BNC).


http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slay

[Charlemagne]

19. I looked up the author

according to her linedin page, she has a "MA (Hons), English and Philosophy from St. Andrews."

[subterranean]

27. Actually the proper form in this instance is the past participle, "slain."

[hay rick]

32. spelt.

[Orrex]

26. It's a perfectly cromulent word.

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. OUTRAGE OUTRAGE OUTRAGE!

Oh, a Republican? Obscure page of a a UK newspaper website.

If it was a Democrat, they would preempt the Super Bowl to screech about it.

[tabasco]

11. I'm sure the freepers are in melt-down mode.

Maybe not. IOKIYAR.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. IOKIYAR

[Charlemagne]

17. Here are the gentlemen

From the article linked in the OP

[SixthSense]

20. They're such clean cut, well groomed

murderers

[Charlemagne]

21. Nice set up and execution (no pun intended)

[Confusious]

29. Somehow, I knew they would be white

I'm not even one to call racism unless there's a minimum of proof, yet my first thought was "white good ol' boys"

[MADem]

25. Gee, I figured they wouldn't be black, because I have a sense about that governor that he's not all

that fair minded when it comes to matters of race. I am surprised that at least one of 'em didn't look like THIS guy, though:



I mean, really--odd jobs? The jokes write themselves. Where's Jimmy Bond when ya need him?

It also seems he's not all that fair minded when it comes to gender. Shooting your wife or girlfriend? Fine and dandy. Why doesn't he have any young ladies polishing the silverware or sweeping the front porch who killed their HUSBANDS or BOYFRIENDS, I wonder??

[winstars]

33. White boys, who would have guessed that??? Fat Fuckin' Bastard!!! nt.

[Auntie Bush]

22. How come I hear no complaints from Rethugs about this pardon when they

had so much to say when Clinton pardoned Marc Rich who owed the Gov. millions in taxes? Wasn't a good idea but far less than freeing several murders.

[Sancho]

24. Clearly the help found a skeleton in a closet!

Either that or the Governor has someone he wants knocked off...

[McCamy Taylor]

30. I think he is setting up his own Watergate style "plumbers". Ex-cons who aren't afraid to break the

law who will be completely loyal to him.

[The Wizard]

28. Boss Hog

Confederate hero.

[bluestateguy]

31. How this person ever got elected continues to baffle me

How a decent public servant like Ronnie Musgrove could be turned out of office in 2003; it just does intellectually register with me.

I'm still not there yet.

[pscot]

34. What a schmuck!

[Rhiannon12866]

35. Locking, this was posted earlier. Continue discussion here: Thanks!

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