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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.
 
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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. 
 
spoken like a good house nigger.  
	 
	
	
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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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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		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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		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.
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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.
more of story:
 http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/14/justice/mi...?hpt=hp_t3
	 
	
	
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
 
 
	 
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