He is 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 the head. And he's pardoned?
Haley Barbour: “He is 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…”
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A sister questions the pardoning of a murderer who killed her sister in a brutal crime.
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