Supreme Court to hear arguments over Barbour’s pardons
by Associated Press Published: February 8,2012
Tags: constitutionality, convicts, courts, eexecutive branch, jails, judges, judicial, judiciary, pardons, prisons, separation of power, trusties
JACKSON — The freedom of 10 people is at stake and dozens of others could lose their hopes for a cleansed record in the legal battle over former Gov. Haley Barbour’s pardons. The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case tomorrow. Five inmates remain jailed because Attorney General Jim Hood persuaded a judge [...] [...]
