Haley Barbour

The power of pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented, been rehabilitated and redeemed themselves.

For decades our governor's mansion has been served primarily by inmates from the state penal system, almost all murderers, because the experts say people that committed one crime of passion in their life, after they have served 20 years…

That's why we have the power of pardon because we really do believe in second chances for people who get rehabilitated.

These were decisions based on repentance, rehabilitation and redemption leading to forgiveness and the right defined and given by the state constitution to the governor to offer such people a second chance.

For decades, our governor's mansion has been served primarily by -- mansion by inmates from the state penal system. Almost all murderers, because the experts say, people who committed one crime of passion in their life, after they have…

These were decisions based on repentance, rehabilitation, and redemption, leading to forgiveness and the right defined and given by the state constitution to the governor to offer such people a second chance.

The government is not a very good communicator. The government doesn't do a good job of getting things across.

I learned a great lesson about government when we did the census in 1970. And that is that the government is not a very good communicator. That the government doesn't do a good job of getting things across. So I've been trying all my…

I think that really is a technicality. Here, the fact that these people didn't know that these murderers were up for pardons is a substantive problem with how the process worked.

He's in jail for 18 years. She was 20 years old when she died and had her child laying in her arms when he shot her in her head. And he's pardoned?

Governor Barbour going to pardon us for our aches and pains and heartache that we have to suffer? Is he going to pardon a child that had to grow up without a mother?