Republican Governor Haley Barbour Pardons Four Murderers In Mississippi
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is leaving office on Tuesday. Of course, that means it’s time to issue pardons. Unfortunately for the Republican Party, Haley Barbour is further blackening an already blackened image of the GOP. In the days leading up to his departure from the Governor’s Mansion, Barbour pardoned four convicted killers and one multiple offending burglar.
Among the killers Barbour pardoned includes Anthony McCray who shot his wife in the back after an argument in a cafe in 2001, depriving a 3 year old daughter and 9 year old son of their mother. Another murderer, Joseph Ozment, robbed a store with several accomplices in 1994. He put a gun to a man’s head and executed him with two point blank shots after the man had already been wounded and could do nothing more than crawl on the ground seeking help. A third killer, Charles Hooker, was sentenced to life in prison in 1992. The fourth killer, David Gatlin, shot and killed his estranged wife while she was holding their baby. She fell and died with the child still held in her arms.
As you can see, none of these men deserve a pardon. Yet Haley Barbour freed them nonetheless, even though Gatlin had been denied parole just months earlier. The Republican Party in Mississippi has apparently decided to stand on the side of killers. Of course, Barbour isn’t the first Republican to pardon a dangerous and undeserving criminal. During his time as Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee pardoned many convicted criminals throughout his tenure including suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons, who later went on a cop killing spree in Washington state.
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