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Linda Smith: When Haley Barbour said everybody deserves a second chance, my baby didn't get no second chance. Now she's not here.

On the recordFebruary 2, 2012
When Haley Barbour said everybody deserves a second chance, my baby didn't get no second chance. Now she's not here.
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Linda Smith
Washington

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Linda Smith reflects on the impact of Barbour's statement about second chances in light of her daughter's death.

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