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Improvement in quality should instead be the motivation. Hiring a professional executive director and staff - rather than retaining political appointees - to review eligible inmates makes sense. The state Parole Board may not have caused the brouhaha...
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Newt Gingrich spoke with Bob Schieffer on what separates himself the most from his competitor Mitt Romney; Then, Haley Barbour and Lindsey Graham analyze the results from the South Carolina primary; Also, Bob Schieffer finds out what it really means to...
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White House without winning Ohio. Coming off a sweep in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri last week, Santorum had trailed far behind Romney in Ohio just a month ago. Republican Gov. John Kasich doesn't intend to endorse any of the candidates. Kasich...
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Consider: A pair of Southern favorite sons — Herman Cain (born in Memphis, raised in Georgia) and Rick Perry (a Texan born and bred) — are long since gone from the race. A passel of Southern governors or ex-guvs — Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, Florida’s...
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He was chairman of Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign in Ohio and won a close election for state attorney general in 2010. Republican Gov. John Kasich doesn't intend to endorse any of the candidates. Kasich initially favored former...
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No Republican nominee has reached the White House without winning Ohio. Coming off a sweep in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri last week, Santorum had trailed far behind Romney in Ohio just a month ago. After false starts backing former Mississippi Gov.
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Mississippi volunteers contributed the equivalent of more than $8.7 million in service to in-state communities in 2011, the commission estimates. This was the second consecutive year that the Friends of National Service have honored a Mississippi...
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Sept. 27, 2011, my wonderful daughter, Leslie, was murdered. As the mother of a murder victim, I would like to address former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons. It is clear for all to see that he has shown mercy and had sympathy and concern for murderers,...
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Mississippi (AP) -- The Mississippi Parole Board rejected 16 inmates' requests for freedom before they were given full pardons by Republican Haley Barbour during his final days as governor, according to a nonpartisan legislative watchdog group. The...
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That's according to a nonpartisan legislative watchdog group, which examined Barbour's pardons at the request of Democratic Rep. Cecil Brown. Barbour pardoned 198 people shortly before ending his second term Jan. 10. He also granted 13 medical...
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Miss. That's according to a nonpartisan legislative watchdog group, which examined Barbour's pardons at the request of Democratic Rep. Cecil Brown. Barbour pardoned 198 people shortly before ending his second term Jan. 10. He also granted 13 medical...
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Thats according to a nonpartisan legislative watchdog group, which examined Barbours pardons at the request of Democratic Rep. Cecil Brown. Barbour pardoned 198 people shortly before ending his second term Jan. 10. He also granted 13 medical releases,
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At my request, the staff of the legislative Performance and Expenditure Review Committee (PEER) reviewed the files of those who were pardoned. The files for five of those who were pardoned could not be located. The files for 10 of those pardoned...
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Hood also said this morning that he would challenge in court a bill that could dilute his power as the state's chief legal officer, if the Senate concurs with the House. Hood spoke candidly to reporters about the bill and more than 200 pardons made by...
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CNN’s Arwa Damon spoke to Anderson on Wednesday from the embattled city of Homs. She witnessed the despair and violence described by the Syrian activists we’ve spoken to over the past couple weeks. We’ve repeatedly asked former Mississippi Gov. Haley...
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The film festival organizers, who are all volunteers, try to focus on topics that are important to filmmakers. This year, they had a session about financing one’s own independent film because Mississippi’s film incentive program has changed. Former Gov.
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Ozment's jailhouse jobs, according to the resume Memphis television station WMC-TV obtained, included working as a teacher's aide and recreational orderly, and as a "cook" at the governor's mansion for Marsha and Haley Barbour, both of whom Ozment...
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Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, Governors John Hickenlooper (Colorado) and John Kasich (Ohio) and former Governors Haley Barbour (Mississippi) and Bill Richardson (New Mexico) will be among the...
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Gov. Barbour 317 AC360 Daily Podcast: 2/14/2011 657 Dangerous misuse of prescription drugs 314 The RidicuList: Valentine's Day 170 Jackson: Whitney was a sweet soul 231 CNN reporter in search of Haley Barbour 111 Whitney Houston's final days 360 AC360...
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Most people following the presidential election agree that Barack Obama has lucked out in terms of his potential opponents. Chris Christie, John Thune, Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels and Jeb Bush either really don't want to be President or else have no...
About Haley Barbour
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Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Mississippi. He gained a national spotlight in August 2005 after Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Barbour won re-election as Governor in 2007. Under Mississippi's term limits, Barbour cannot run again... Full Article
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Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington in this file photo taken June 3, 2011. A Mississippi judge barred the state on January 11, 2012, from releasing any prisoners recently pardoned by former Governor Barbour, a...
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Gov. Phil Bryant, right, recognizes now former Gov. Haley Barbour, left, for his contributions to the state during Bryant's inauguration at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. , Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012.
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Former Gov. Haley Barbour, left, and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves confer during the inauguration of Gov. Phil Bryant at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. , Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012. Barbour in his final days as Mississippi governor gave pardons or early release to dozens of people including 29 whose...
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To the applause of gathered dignitaries, Gov. Haley Barbour, center left, kisses his wife Marsha during the naming ceremony at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Pearl, Miss. , Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Barbour said he's sharing the honor of having the state...
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Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, left, speaks with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. , as they depart at the close of the christening of the Virginia Class submarine Mississippi (SSN-782) at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. , Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. MAGS OUT;...
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justices Michael K. Randolph, left, George C. Carlson, Jr. , and Chief Justice William Waller Jr. , consider responses from inmate attorneys on whether the pardons granted them by former Gov. Haley Barbour are valid during arguments in Jackson, Miss. ,...
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Gunshot survivor Randy Walker, right, shows concern as he listens to attorneys argue before the Mississippi Supreme Court whether the last minute pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour were valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. Walker was shot by recently pardoned killer...
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, at podium, argues whether a number of last-minute pardons by then Gov. Haley Barbour were valid before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at a hearing in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess H. Dickinson questions an attorney for a group of former inmates arguing that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess H. Dickinson, left, listens as Justice Ann H. Lamar asks questions of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood as to why he believes a number of last minute pardons by former Gov. Haley Barbour are not valid Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 in chambers in...
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood argues before the Mississippi Supreme Court that several last minute pardons by former Gov. Haley Barbour, including those of five former Governor's Mansion trusties, did not meet the requirements as established in the state constitution, Thursday,...
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Attorney Thomas Fortner's hand reaches out for a copy of the state's constitution during a hearing before the Mississippi Supreme Court for a group of former inmates arguing that the last-minute pardons granted them by Gov. Haley Barbour are valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, right, listens as attorney Thomas Fortner, left,who represents a group of former inmates, tells the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, at a hearing in Jackson, Miss.
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Attorney Thomas Fortner, one of several attorneys representing a group of former inmates, tell the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, at a hearing in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller, Jr. , questions an attorney for a group of former inmates arguing that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jackson, Miss.
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Gov. Haley Barbour, left, applauds as Toyota Motor Corp. president Akio Toyoda waves during a ceremony that marks production start at Toyota Motor Corporation's auto manufacturing plant in Blue Springs, Miss. , Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.
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Gov. Haley Barbour, left, listens as Toyota Motor Corp. president Akio Toyoda address reporters at a sit down with them prior to a ceremony that marks production start at Toyota Motor Corporation's auto manufacturing plant in Blue Springs, Miss. , Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.
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Longtime state Sen. Gray Tollison of Oxford, center, explains why he is switching from Democrat to Republican at a news conference at state GOP headquarters in Jackson, Miss. , as Gov. Haley Barbour, left, and Lt. Gov.-elect Tate Reeves listen, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The GOP already...
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Deborah Bryant, wife of Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, right, greets New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, after being introduced by Gov. Haley Barbour, center, during a "get-out-the-vote" rally for Republican Bryant who is running for governor, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 in Pearl, Miss.
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Attorney Tom Fortner, center, confers with four former Governor's Mansion trustees who were pardoned by then Gov. Haley Barbour following a hearing Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. , during which Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued the bench ruling Monday delaying a...
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Victims families glance about the Hinds County Courthouse courtroom in Jackson, Miss. , Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, where Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued the bench ruling delaying a decision on whether to invalidate some pardons issued by Haley Barbour in his final days as governor. Some of...
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David Gatlin, who was pardoned by then Gov. Haley Barbour earlier this month, looks around the Hinds County courtroom during a hearing Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. , during which Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued the bench ruling delaying a decision on whether to...
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Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green holds the executive order from former Gov. Haley Barbour pardoning David Gatlin as she questions a defense attorney at a hearing Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. , during which she issued the bench ruling delaying a decision on whether to...
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Four former Governor's Mansion trustees who were pardoned in early January by then Gov. Haley Barbour await their fate at a hearing Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. , during which Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued the bench ruling Monday delaying a decision on whether...
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Anthony McCray, foreground, Charles Hooker, center and David Gatlin, rear, trustees who was pardoned by then Gov. Haley Barbour earlier this month, look around the Hinds County courtroom prior to a hearing Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. , during which Hinds County Circuit Judge...
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Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington in this file photo taken June 3, 2011. A Mississippi judge barred the state on January 11, 2012, from releasing any prisoners recently pardoned by former Governor Barbour, a...
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