The governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, has recently pardoned 4 inmates, 3 convicted of murder and 1 convicted of manslaughter and aggravated assault. He's currently considering the pardon of another MDOC inmate who stalked then shot and killed his ex-wife 3 years after their divorce.
Do you feel that people who are convicted of felony crimes such as murder should have the opportunity to be pardoned by the governor of the state?
It's my personal opinion that people who have committed such crimes need to stay in prison. Why even run the risk that they would harm yet again?

Wow, I can't begin to fathom how these people are getting pardons. What on earth?

I think the people convicted, should be pardoned the same day thier victims death sentence is pardoned

Unbelievable !

Unfortunately it doesn't just happen in Mississippi. Whatever happened to you do the crime, then you do the time???

The people of Mississippi convicted them. Nuff said
time to get a diffrent governor

Not only con I not understand the pardons, I cannot understand why we still feed and house them. Use the death penelty.

I would need a lot more detail on the case. You do not provide enough information.

well, maybe they can stalk the governors family so he can see what the citizens go through. How could he be so stupid and insensitive to the vicitms families?

2 answers to the topic/question.
1. "Do the time" is impossible for the magnitude of crimes versus the amount of prison/jail space available. Overcrowding and recidivism force the justice system to dump the problems back into the public's lap. (Which is logical, since the taxpaying/working public must vote IN funds for expanding correctional efforts.)
2. Many holding facilities changed their goals, moving away from trying to correct behavior and became PCI places, to incarcerate without correcting criminals.

Without the goal and the means to achieve the goal of correcting behavioral issues, the result was predictable. Worse than that, it will keep on getting worse. Sorry.

Someone will complain about the death penalty so why not pay Mexico and give them life in a Mexican prison is a lot cheaper

Were these people found NOT guilty? That is the only way they could have been pardoned...there has to be proof, DNA and otherwise that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they did not commit these crimes!
I read a book..."Actual Innocence" By Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld and Jim Dwyer who are founders of the Innocence Project who get and recive Pardons for INNOCENT people not guilty ones.
There has to be PROOF that they are innocent!!!!

U brought up the death penalty so I went and did alittle research online.
Here are some death row facts according to the MDOC(Mississippi Department of Corrections) website
There are currently 62 inmates on death row in MS
3 female, 59 male
29 are white, 32 are black and 1 is Asian
currently the youngest person on death row is 22 yrs old, the oldest is 70 yrs old
The longest stay on death row was 31 years.
The last execution in MS was on 7/23/2008
From 10/19/06-5/21/08 they were no executions.
MS uses lethal injection as its means of execution

I also looked up the statistics for Texas. I wanted something to compare with. Texas has a reputation for swift executions.

These statistics are taken straight from their website.

Currently there are 366 inmates on death row
8 are female, 358 are male
111 are white, 146 are black, 104 are hispanic and 5 are listed as other
The average stay on death row is 10.26 years.
The last execution was held on 7/23/2008
There have been executions consistently in the state of Texas since 1982.
The current method of execution is lethat injection. The cost of the drugs for said execution is $86.08 per inmate.

Somebody get me a cowboy hat and a pair of cowboy boots. I think I'll move to Texas.

I have no problem with pardoning an inmate for crimes that did not result in someone's death. I agree with you that are jails and prisons are overcrowded. And yes repeat offending is a problem. I worked at a county jail and actually got to know some of the inmates on a first name basis because they kept coming back. I have a problem with inmates being pardoned that have been convicted of such things as murder.
So I perhaps should have worded my uestion differently.
Are you for pardoning of an inmate that committed a crime that resulted in the death of someone?

Kill murderers, rapists and pedophiles.

I can PROUDLY SAY.....




I didn' vote for HIM..

So can I!! And he's from my hometown. I know enough about the Barbours having dealt with them for years that I knew wasn't anyway he was gonna get my vote!

Vote me as next president and I will make sure they get the death penalty swift and fast.

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm

Okinawa is bette. They actualy feed you fish heads and rice in the jails. If you talk or act up, they beat you with night sticks. They also have public hangings. When you go to get your sentence shortened from 5 years, the next judge may say 3 years. Boy, you are happeir then except in their court system, that means a total of 8 years. Surprise!!! Gotta love the japan legal system.