“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.”
Jeffrey Toobin critiques the argument made by Barbour's attorney regarding the pardons, emphasizing the importance of notifying victims' families.
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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.
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 power of pardon and state is to give people a second chance who have repented, rehabilitated and redeemed themselves.