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

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.

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…

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…

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