On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
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?
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Haley Barbour
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transcripts.cnn.comHaley Barbour: “Governor Barbour going to pardon us for our aches and pains and heartache that we have to suffer? Is he going to pardon…”
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A mother expresses her outrage over the pardons issued by Governor Barbour, questioning the validity of such pardons in light of the suffering caused to victims' families.
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