Judge puts release of Barbour’s pardoned prisoners on hold
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2012
Tags: clemency, Gov. Haley Barbour, Haley Barbour, Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green, Jim Hood, judge, Mississippi Attorney General, pardons, temporary injunction, Tomie Green
A Mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who’d been given pardons or medical release by Republican Haley Barbour in one of his final acts as governor. Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued an injunction late yesterday at the request of Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood said he believes Barbour might’ve violated [...] [...]
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