Beretta92FSLady
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"... Four of the convicted murderers who were pardoned include David Gatlin, Joseph Ozment, Anthony McCray and Charles Hooker. Gatlin was convicted of shooting his estranged wife, Tammy Ellis Gatlin, in 1993 while she held the couple’s infant son in her dying arms. Ozment shot and killed 33-year-old Ricky Montgomery during a store robbery in 1992. McCray shot and killed his wife, Jennifer, in 2001 following an argument the two had in a café. Hooker, a teacher, shot his school principal to death in 1991. ..."
http://joybehar.blogs.cnn.com/video/2012/01/10/mississippi-governor-pardons-convicts
Can a murderer pay his debt to society to such an extent, that he is set free, and is record expunged of his murder?
Is this Republican Governor (former) actually taking a rather practical approach to how the criminal system ought to operate, not how it is?
He really took a big step, and I wonder if there are others who would go to the extent that he has.
Any thoughts?
http://joybehar.blogs.cnn.com/video/2012/01/10/mississippi-governor-pardons-convicts
Can a murderer pay his debt to society to such an extent, that he is set free, and is record expunged of his murder?
Is this Republican Governor (former) actually taking a rather practical approach to how the criminal system ought to operate, not how it is?
He really took a big step, and I wonder if there are others who would go to the extent that he has.
Any thoughts?