Haley Barbour: “The state today has suffered a grievous blow on the coast and we're not through. It's a major disaster and there's much…”

But if they did it more often with non-violent people, it would be better for the society.

Their incarceration is no longer necessary for public safety or rehabilitation, and Jamie Scott's medical condition creates a substantial cost to the state of Mississippi.

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 idea that somehow shooting your girlfriend or your wife is a lesser crime than killing a stranger is a relic that we hoped had been left very much in the past.