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Comrade Grumpy

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5. It looks like the state Supreme Court has decided he followed the rules.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 05:44 PM

Mar 2012

I don't know how the families of the victims feel. How the families of the victims feel should be a factor in such decisions, but not the sole factor.

The executive has the power to pardon and to commute. Pardons are nice--a sort of retroactive "we forgive you"--but commutations have a real effect: somebody gets out of jail.

I can't claim to be an expert on Mississippi pardon law, but I didn't like the ugly anti-pardon and -commutation politics that emerged around this. Probably Barber is in part to blame if he skirted the law, but it seems to be okay with the state high court.

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Miss. Supreme Court rules Barbour pardons valid [View all] RandySF Mar 2012 OP

Good. The politics around this was ugly. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #1

Good to let murderers out of jail? Politicalboi Mar 2012 #2

Many murderers do get out of jail. They don't all get life without parole. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #3

So there should be no rules? atreides1 Mar 2012 #4

It looks like the state Supreme Court has decided he followed the rules. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #5

while that may be true mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #6