On the recordMay 14, 2012
The power of pardon and state is to give people a second chance who have repented, rehabilitated and redeemed themselves.
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Haley Barbour
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transcripts.cnn.comHaley Barbour: “The power of pardon and state is to give people a second chance who have repented, rehabilitated and redeemed…”
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Haley Barbour defends his decision to pardon a convicted felon, emphasizing the purpose of pardons.
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Feb 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?
Mar 13, 2012
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.
May 14, 2012
The power of pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented, been rehabilitated and redeemed themselves.
Feb 8, 2012
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?