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 3^rd 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

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.

"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.

(01-12-2012, 10:52 AM)krystalshores Wrote: Can someone help me understand this?

here's a video of one of the murderers.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2012/01/13/intv-savidge-anthony-pardon.cnn



CNN
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.

spoken like a good house nigger.

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




(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.