The power of pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented and rehabilitated and redeemed themselves.
Haley Barbour: “The power of pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented and rehabilitated and redeemed…”
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Haley Barbour defends the use of pardons during his governorship, emphasizing the intention behind granting second chances.
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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.
The power of pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented, been rehabilitated and redeemed themselves.
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…
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.