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Mississippi governor Haley Barbour is a corrupt hog
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in addition to those convicted of manslaughter and murder Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, pictured, also gave early release to people convicted of DUI deaths, burglary, kidnapping and drug crimes. The outraged families of the victims have slammed the decision as unfair but the governor, whose mansion some of the inmates worked at, refused to comment on their feelings. Clockwise from top left: Joseph Ozment; Jennifer Wilder; Charles Hooker; Anthony Sansing; Anthony McCray; Rheon Mcshepard; Larry Roby; Aaron Brown; Larry Harper; and David Gatlin.

THE FULL LIST: ALL 226 PARDONS OR EARLY RELEASES BARBOUR GRANTED

Paul Joseph Warnock
Murder

Michael Graham
Murder

Bobby Hayes Clark
Manslaughter

Clarence Jones
Murder

Willie James Kimble
Murder

Jamie Scott
Robbery with Deadly Weapon

Gladys Scott
Robbery with Deadly Weapon

Michael J. Jones
Sale of a Controlled Substance

Nathan Kern
Robbery

David Gatlin
Murder, Aggravated Assault, Burglary

Charles Hooker
Murder

Anthony McCray
Murder

Joseph Ozment
Murder, Conspiracy and Armed Robbery

Michael Davie Graham
Murder

Victor C. Collins
Murder

Larry Darnel Roby
Murder, Racketeering

Booker T. Barnes
Murder

Anthony Sansing
Murder

Jimmy Lee Avera
Murder

Steven Charles Adams
Grand Larceny and Possession of Cocaine

Donald Dwight Adcock
Arson

Thomas Ailes
Unlawful Sale of Controlled Substance

Mark Hubbard Allen
Vehicular Homicide

Patricia Amacker
False Pretense, Felony & Misdemeanor

Michael Clinton Armstrong
Attempted Enticement of a Child for Sexual Purposes

William Antoin Bardwell
Sale of Marijuana, Less Than One Ounce

Robert King Barq
Possession of a Controlled Substance

Thomas Holt Beasley
Sale of Marijuana, Sale of Cocaine

Melanie Suzanne Beelond
Possession of Cocaine

Larry Bell
Escape from Custody, Charge of Felonuy

Vincent Cardell Bell
Murder, Accessory After the Fact

Frank Delomme Borders Jr.
Burglary

Harry Russ Bostick
DUI 3rd offense

Lee Brackeen Jr.
Shooting a Firearm into a Dwelling, Poss. Of Chemicals with Attempt to Manufacture/Distribute

Karlton Lee Bradley
Possession of Cocaine/Sale with Intent

Dwight E. Breland
Possession of Controlled Substance

Bobby Neal Brown
Burglary

Douglas Duane Burcham
Auto Burglary & Grand Larceny

Aaron Clay Butler
Conspiracy to Sell Marijuana

Henry Preston Byrd
Robbery

John Springer Buchanan
Sale of Controlled Substance

Jeanette Walker Cain
Uttering Forgery

Buster Caldwell
Rape and Armed Robbery

Bobby Ray Camp
Burglary and Larceny of a Building

Daniel Caleb Campbell
Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

Gerald Calhoun
Possession of a Controlled Substance

Kenneth Carver
Burglary

Perry Lee Cauthen
Conspiracy to Commit Larceny & Grand Larceny

Jess Cessna
Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling; Aggravated Assault

Andrew Camphor
Robbery

Michael Lawrence Collum
House Burglary

Ryan Jeremiah Cooper
Prescription Forgery

James Richard Chenault
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Sell

Nathaniel Cunningham Jr.
Felony False Pretense

Allison Bernadette Dazet
Burglary

Stanley Duncan
Grand Larceny

Peggy Sue Eiland
Forgery

Earnest Scott Favre
DUI Causing Death

Russell Glen Ferguson
Aggravated Assault

Mark Steven Ford
Burglary

Jamie Donald Franks
Aggravated DUI

Aubrey Orlando Fratesi
Obtaining Controlled Substance By Deception;

Prescription Fraud

Randy Scott Fortenberry
Manslaughter

Rock Allen Gerald
Sale of Marijuana

Gregg Patrick Gibbes
Aggravated DUI Death

Latisha R. Gilbert
Embezzlement

Mabrie C. Gilmer
Manslaughter

Norman Dwayne Givens
Burglary of a House

Matthew Nelson Godfrey
Conspiracy to Commit Grand Larceny

Sharrion Patrice Grant
Aggravated Assault

James Leslie Grantham
Possession of Precursor Chemicals

Thomas Anthony Graziousi
Auto Burglary; Grand Larceny

Robert Brian Gregg
Manslaughter (Culpable Negligence); DUI Injury

Louis Edwin Griffin Jr.
Homicide

Ashley Seymour Gunter
Burglary of an Automobile

Jeffery Lee Haire
Possession of a Controlled Substance

Barbara Hamilton
Burglary of a Residence and Robbery

James Larry Hankins
Armed Robbery

Wayne Thurman Harris
Sale of Marijuana

Kevin Jerome Hatches
Possession of Cocaine

Daniel Wayne Hendon
Robbery

Kimario Kuhron Hentz
Armed Robbery

William Eric Henderson
Kidnapping

Sim Collins Holifield
Grand Larceny

Hunter Olin Hope
Sale of 20 MM of Testosterone

Jesse Octavia Houston
Embezzlement

Joshua L. Howard
Statutory Rape

Benjamin Earl Hussey
Sale of a Controlled Substance

John D. Jackson
Strong Arm Robbery

Jerome Francis Jackson
Burglary and Larceny of an Automobile

Pamela Yvette Jackson
Strong Armed Robbery

Phillip Jackson
DUI Homicide

Michael S. James
Possession of a Controlled Substance

April Michelle Johnson
Embezzlement

Shundrell Johnson
Aggravated Assault

Thomas Cole Kendall
Gratification of Lust

Tammy Kay Swanson
Uttering Forgery

Michael Derek Knauss
Possession of Stolen Property

Christopher Clark Kolb
Sale of Hydrocodone

Anon LaDell Jordan
Burglary of a Dwelling

Roy Michael Latham
Manslaughter

Bobby Joe Lee
Sale of Marijuana

Terry James Lee
Burglary & Larceny of a Dwelling

Mary Brower
Forgery

Ernest Carl Lowery Jr.
House Burglary; Uttering a Forgery

Herbert Lowery
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver

Amy Douglas Love
Uttering Forgery; Burglary of an Automobile

Kevin Bandouglas

McCullough
Unlawful Sale of Marijuana

John Earl McCool
Felony Crime of Possession of Precursor Chemicals with Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine

Jimmy McNeese
Possession of Precursor Chemicals

Martin Miller Jack
Felony Bad Check

Michael Arlen Matthew
Burglary

Clinton Jason Moffitt
Conspiracy to Commit Voter Fraud

John Becket Monaghan
Sale of Controlled Substance

Charles Wesley Newby
Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon; Grand Larceny; Aggravated Assault

David Willard Newcomb
Possession of Crystal Meth with Intent Within 1500 Feet of a Church; Manufacture of Crystal Meth Within 1500 Feet of a Church

Justin Wade Nunnery
Possession of Methamphetamine

Perry Tyson Owen
Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Transfer or Distribute

Danny Lamar Peacock
Burglary of an Automobile

Shirley Peters
Sale of a Controlled Substance

Zachary Kane Polk
Sale of a Controlled Substance

Corey Powell
Burglary of a Business

Richard Earl Price
Aggravated Assault

Constance Renee Pruitt
Aggravated Assault

Lisa Ralston Brogdon
Conspiracy and Burglary of Dwelling

Kenneth Bernard Ratliff
Sale of Cocaine

Shelly Ann Ray (Self)
Manufacturing Methamphetamine & Possession of Methamphetamine

Norman Lee Redo
Possession of Controlled Substance

Samuel Wade Reid
Burglary of a Dwelling

Katherine Robertson
Aggravated Assault

Roslyn Murray Robertson
Conspiracy to Commit a False Pretense; False Pretense

Everett Franklin Rodgers
Murder and Aggravated Assault

John Montrell Rose
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute

Barry James Sanderson Jr.
Kidnapping

Demetries Andre Sanford
Armed Robbery

Dawn Renee Schaefer
Embezzlement; Shoplifting; Conspiracy to Commit Crime of Felony Shoplifting

Jason Todd Shivers
Sale of LSD

Perry Lee Sims
Grand Larceny

Justin O'Keefe Smith
DUI Death

Linda Gale Smith
Forgery

Leslie Carlton Smith
Robbery with a Deadly Weapon

Patricia Diane Southerland
Embezzlement

Billy Ray Sims
Possession of Marijuana

Scott McLean Smith
Sale of Amphetamine

Shirley Ann Smith
Embezzlement

Robert Edward Stanfield
Sale of a Controlled Substance

Robert D. Stakley
Uttering Forgery

Tyrone Steele
Sale of Marijuana

Clemmie Rogers Stewart Jr.
Embezzlement

Thomas Stewart
Receiving Stolen Property

Neil Fowler Strickland
Burglary and Larceny of an Automobile; Burglary and Larceny

Wesley Dwayne Spears
Burglary of a Storehouse

Robin Creel Speath
Burglary of an Inhabited Dwelling

Emma Stuckey
Manslaughter

Paul James Sullivan
Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer

Kevin Bradley Tabereaux
Sale of Cocaine; DUI Homicide

Mitchell Travis Tanksley
Larceny of Cattle

Kirby Glenn Tate
Possession of Marijuana with Intent; Possession of

Oxycodone; Delivery of Marijuana

Jimmy Lee Thomas
Burglary of a Business

Samuel Tisdale Jr.
Manslaughter

Steven A. Thompson
Bribery and or Attempted Bribery

Alice Triplett
Embezzlement

Clarence Crawford Tyer Jr.
Possession of Stolen Property

Leton Cellious Upchurch
Attempted Enticement of a Child for Prostitution

Marion Lee Upchurch Jr.
Burglary of a Dwelling House; Felony Possession of a Firearm

Joel Warren Vann
DUI Death

Chelley Lee Wade
Manslaughter (2 counts)

Burton Hill Walden
DUI Death

Bobby Gene Wallace
Aggravated Assault

Donna Meshea Walters
DUI Third Offense

Anthony Maxwell West
Embezzlement

Narquita Watson
Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery; Accessory After Fact to Capital Murder

Aaron D. Williams
Aggravated Assault

Corey Dean Williams
Sale of Controlled Substance; Possession of

Hydromorphone

Carol Denise Williams
Forged False or Fraudulent Prescription

Shirley Ann Winston
Forgery

Ralph Edward Worthy
Sale of Marijuana

Charles Edward Yates Jr.
Unlawful Possession of Precursor Chemicals; Possession of Methamphetamine

Charles Jerome Young
Receiving Stolen Property

Betty Jean Linston
Sale of Marijuana

Hardy McCormick Jr.
Sale of Marijuana and Receiving Stolen Property

James Lewis Black
Armed Robbery

Edith Watts
Delivery of a Controlled Substance

Curtis Thomas
Statutory Rape

Danny Joe Stapleton
Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent

Johnny Lee Nettles
Aggravated Assault

Annie Pearl Rash
Uttering Forgery

John Davis
Robbery

Travis Orlando Hill
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute

Tawanda Jackson
Manslaughter, Armed Robbery and Kidnapping

Rheon McShepard
Homicide or Murder

Melissa Ann Cooper
Sale of Controlled Substance

Jesse Buie
Felony DUI

Nichelle Elaine Brandon
Aggravated Assault

Daniel Mac Dobbins
Possession of Marijuana

Karen Irby
Manslaughter (2 Counts)

Judy Lynn Eichelberger

Hawkins
Conspiracy to Commit Forgery

Ellis Ray Mooneyham
Burglary of a Dwelling

Leon Turner
Murder

Derrick Lynn Guiton
Homicide/Murder; Simple Assault

Walter James McKee
Armed Robbery

Eldridge Dean Bonds
Forcible Sexual Battery

Thomas Levi Howell
Sale of Embezzlement; Burglary

Harold L. Miller III
Manslaughter

Reggie Rogers
Felony DUI

John Mitchell
Sale of Controlled Substance

Emily Rebecca Hentz
Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine; Attempt to Manufacture Methamphetamine

Aaron Brown
Murder; Concealed Weapon; Possession of a

Controlled Substance

Carol Pinkston
Burglary

Guy Blan Newcomb
Sale of Cocaine

Marion Thompson
Armed Robbery

Larry Harper
Homicide; Aggravated Assault; Felony Possession of a Weapon

Kelly Bellapani
Possession of a Controlled Substance

Jennifer Wilder
Sexual Battery

Azikiwe Kambule
Accessory After the Fact to Murder; Armed

Carjacking

Douglas Hunter Heindman
Cyberstalking

Larry Booker
Uttering Forgery

Lindsay Kathryn Welch
Manslaughter (Culpable Negligence)

Steven Todd Thompson
Domestic Violence

Brenda Louise Travis
Felony Shoplifting

Patricia L. Simpson
Manslaughter

Robert Henderson
Receiving Stolen Property; Possession of Cocaine


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My head is going to explode. Look at all those murderers. Murderers! How does one get pardoned for murder. That's a rhetorical question.
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yessss!!! will they be able to lock the bastards back up? ( i doubt it. )

edit: shit. now only 21 pardons are blocked.

CNN
A Mississippi judge has issued a temporary injunction that forbids the release of pardoned prisoners, a move that comes after outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned 199 people.

Of the 199 people that Barbour pardoned on his way out of office, 14 were convicted murderers. Several convicted murderers have already been released.


Attorney General Jim Hood is asking Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green to block the release of inmates pardoned by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour, saying the state Constitution has been violated in at least some cases.

Under that Constitution, a legal notice of plans to pardon must be published 30 days prior to the pardon.

Hood said his office has discovered that no notice was published in some cases, in other cases not published before 30 days and in some cases, published on time.

“Unfortunately our research has revealed that Gov. Barbour violated the Constitution,” Hood said. “We’re seeking to stop the release of any prisoners.”

Barbour’s pardoning of nearly 200 people has prompted an uproar among victims’ families and others.

Five former inmates, four of them serving life sentences for murder, have already been released.
Hood said he’s asking for the court to serve them notices until a hearing can be held.

boss hogg

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#25
see above post ^

The pardons are "a slap in the face to everyone in law enforcement and Gov. Barbour should be ashamed," said state Attorney General Jim Hood. 44 89

"He's tried to rule the state like Boss Hogg and he didn't think the law applied to him," Hood told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night, referring to a character in the 1980s TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard."

Hood told "AC360" it's possible that those who didn't meet the 30-days requirement may have to return to prison and complete their sentences.


AG Jim Hood...love the Elvis hair. Smiley_emoticons_biggrin

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YOU GO JUDGE GREEN! Notworthy

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Can someone help me understand this? What does this guy get out of pardoning convicts? Does he get cash from the convicts under the table? Blow jobs? What could it possibly do for him? There has got to be some reason for doing it.....not that any reason would be excusable. WHY?!?!?
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(01-12-2012, 10:52 AM)krystalshores Wrote: Can someone help me understand this?


There is no reasonable explanation.


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Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) -- Mississippi's attorney general said Thursday that the state may have to issue a nationwide manhunt after four pardoned murderers left jail and "hit the road running."

"We'll catch 'em. It's just a matter of time," Attorney General Jim Hood told CNN.


The four were among nearly 200 convicted criminals to whom Gov. Haley Barbour granted clemency or a pardon in a final act before leaving office this week.

The governor's actions have set off a legal firestorm in Mississippi.

A judge issued a temporary injunction Wednesday forbidding the release of any more prisoners. And the process of releasing 21 other inmates has been halted, said Hood, who believes the former governor put people at risk and sought the court order.

The pardons include the four convicted murderers and a convicted armed robber who were released Sunday. The five now must contact prison officials on a daily basis as their fate is adjudicated, but their whereabouts are unknown, Hood said.

A court hearing on the matter will be held January 23.

Hood said the state cannot issue an arrest warrant for the five who were released because they have not committed a crime.

"We have not found any law that will support that," Hood told CNN. "They have a legal document saying they are free to go.

"There are some tough legal issues we are trying to address," he said. "This is such a unique problem that no law has ever had to address yet. We're having to make new law here."

well which is it?? can they haul them back in or not?? yes, they are setting precedent. i hope it overthrows that old good ol' boy bullshit.

















































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here's a video of one of the murderers.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2012/...pardon.cnn

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McCray said he had his own room at the mansion, spending three years there after serving in prison without any disciplinary problems. During his time in Jackson, he said, he did odd jobs like housekeeping, washing cars and cooking and conversed regularly with Barbour.

McCray: "I did housekeeping. Shined door knobs. Washed cars and stuff like that. I cooked with the chef. That's it."

He added that it was understood that trusties had a much higher chance of getting pardons than those in the general prison population, though he insisted that the two never talked about clemency.

"He treated us like we were his children," McCray said.

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i'll be waiting for the outcome of this today:

(CNN) -- Four convicted murderers who were released from prison earlier this month after receiving pardons are among those who could have their fate determined in a Mississippi court Monday.

In his final days in office, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned the four convicted murderers -- David Gatlin, Joseph Ozment, Charles Hooker and Anthony McCray.
At the Monday hearing, the judge can void the pardons and send the inmates back to prison, take a ruling under advisement or free them.


JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi attorney general's office says it has not been able to find one of the five former inmates who worked as trusties at the Governor's Mansion and were pardoned by Haley Barbour during his final days as governor.

Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green ordered the five trusties to appear in court Monday, but authorities haven't located Joseph Ozment. He was convicted in 1994 of killing a man during a robbery.

Green scheduled a 3 p.m. CST hearing to consider arguments from Attorney General Jim Hood, who's challenging some of Barbour's pardons on the grounds that they failed to meet the state constitutional requirement of publishing a legal notice for 30 days in a local newspaper.


















































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the judge continued the case until Feb. 3 because of being slammed with last-minute motions.

the murderers will remain free until then. 3 were in court, 1 is still missing.

you know what...YOU DON'T EXPUNGE THE RECORDS OF MURDERERS!!
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mississippi is offering a reward for ozment.
he has no doubt absconded.
this guy put 2 bullets into a convenience store clerk's head. in cold blood.
but the ex-gov. hogg calls him a "fine man" who he let play with his grandchildren. how sweet.

now the files on all the killers the asshole pardoned are nowhere to be found. this is a damn OUTRAGE! their records may end up sealed, but they are MISSING! how fucking convenient. how fucking corrupt.

















































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#33
good.

Attorney general: Pardoned murderer found in Wyoming

[Updated at 2:17 p.m. ET] Joseph Ozment, a convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday.

Ozment was served at a hotel in Laramie, Wyoming, where he had been staying under another name, his office said.

"As our officers attempted service, Mr. Ozment fled in his girlfriend's vehicle but not before the vehicle made contact with one of our investigators," Hood said in a press release. "That is when our officers asked for the assistance of the Laramie Police Department. Mr. Ozment returned to the hotel on foot and ended up signing receipt of service in the presence of our two officers and two with the Laramie Police Department."

Ozment is one of four convicted murderers Barbour pardoned early this month. He did not appear at a court hearing in a case challenging the pardons. Hood said previously officials wanted to serve Ozment with a document telling him to appear in court.

















































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#34
not surprising, and he's probably headed for mexico anyway.


(CNN) -- A Wyoming attorney representing a convicted murderer recently pardoned by Mississippi's outgoing governor says his client will not attend a Mississippi Supreme Court hearing this week on the constitutionality of his and some 200 other pardons.

"He's not going to go," Cheyenne, Wyoming, attorney Robert Moxley said of his client, Joseph Ozment.

"He's not a fugitive and there's no valid order that says he needs to appear," Moxley told CNN.

On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments brought by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood challenging the legality of scores of pardons issued by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour.


thankyou gov. barbour

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another bunch of senile good-old-boy assclowns:

(CNN) -- Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the controversial pardons of more than 200 convicts that former Gov. Haley Barbour granted on his way out of office, rejecting a challenge by the state's attorney general.

In a 77-page, 6-3 ruling Thursday afternoon, the court found the pardons "may not be set aside or voided by the judicial branch." Attorney General Jim Hood had argued that no proper notice had been posted in newspapers, but the court found the final decision rested "solely with the governor."

"We are mindful that the victims and their families are entitled to be interested in the subject matter of this case, and they are undoubtedly -- and understandably -- concerned with its outcome," Justice Jess Dickinson wrote for the majority. But in the cases before them, "It fell to the governor alone to decide whether the Constitution's publication requirement was met."

Randy Walker, who survived a shooting by one of the men who was freed, told CNN sister network HLN that he was "totally in shock."
Gov. Barbour pardons upheld by court

"I thought it was pretty clear-cut that the constitution pretty clearly says one thing, and the justices went another way, as did Barbour," Walker said.

In a statement issued Thursday afternoon, Barbour said the court "reaffirmed more than a century of settled law in our state," but acknowledged that his decision "has been difficult" for many of the inmates' victims.

But in a dissenting opinion, Justice Michael Randolph called the decision "a stunning victory for some lawless convicted felons, and an immeasurable loss for the law-abiding citizens of our state."

















































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good job governor...the chickens are coming back to bite you in the ass.

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(CNN) -- One of the men controversially pardoned earlier this year by Mississippi's outgoing governor could land back behind bars after being charged with driving drunk and causing an accident that killed an 18-year-old woman.

A Pontotoc County, Mississippi, grand jury has charged Harry Bostick with drunken driving leading to a death, felony drunken driving and fleeing the scene of an accident where a death occurred, according to the indictment filed on Thursday and obtained Monday by CNN. The accident happened in October.

If convicted, Bostick could be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison.

His attorney did not respond immediately to a call on Monday for comment.

After the charges were handed up, Bostick turned himself in and a judge set bail at $50,000, Paul Howell from the Pontotoc County prosecuting attorney's office said. The 56-year-old posted bond on Friday and was released, according to official online records.

This isn't Bostick's first-run in with the law in Mississippi. He was convicted of felony drunken driving in March 2009, soon after having been convicted in July 2008 and November 2008 for drunken driving.

The former Internal Revenue Service investigator was one of nearly 200 convicted criminals, including four murderers, whom Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned shortly before leaving office earlier this year. The pardons elicited an uproar, with Attorney General Jim Hood leading a charge to overturn them. But after legal challenges, they were upheld.


Bostick was still going through a court-mandated drug rehab program when he applied for his pardon last summer. On September 30, the Mississippi Parole Board sent its review of Bostick's application to Barbour, recommending a full pardon in a 3-2 vote.

A week later, on October 7, Bostick was driving under the influence again, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Charity Smith attempted to pull out onto a highway just outside Tupelo when Bostick's truck slammed into the side of her car, the patrol says.

Smith was killed, and her older sister suffered serious injuries. Bostick was jailed for violating his probation from his previous DUI cases.

In the grand jury indictment, Bostick is accused of "willfully, unlawfully and feloniously" driving while intoxicated; refusing to immediately stop or give his name, address or registration; and having "negligently" caused Smith's death.

When he received the pardon in January, the convicted DUI felon still sat in an Oxford, Mississippi, jail cell, awaiting formal charges for the arrest tied to that case.

Barbour had said that he wasn't aware of Bostick's October 2011 DUI arrest when he chose to pardon him.

But e-mails obtained by CNN show that the governor's office did, in fact, know about it.


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