Mississippi vying for "crookest state" title?

[waterdog101]

I don't agree with what the Governor did at all. but it could be his way of saving tax dollars. not having to house and feed them any more would save tax dollars. after all the Governor is a Conservative Republican.

[GeoFisher]

I don't agree with what the Governor did at all. but it could be his way of saving tax dollars. not having to house and feed them any more would save tax dollars. after all the Governor is a Conservative Republican.

It has NOTHING to do with conservatism......it is cronyism....PURE and SIMPLE.

Personally, I think the governor should be locked up in their place.

Really pisses me off...........antiquated laws. I think pardons and commutations like this should be outlawed.....PERIOD.

Later,

Geo

[MrSplitshot]

Saving tax dollars? Really? And do so by choosing to pardon violent criminals? Yeeeeah, okay.


At the very least, you should not be able to pardon violent criminals...ever...

[RoadToad]

It has NOTHING to do with conservatism......it is cronyism....PURE and SIMPLE.

Personally, I think the governor should be locked up in their place.

Really pisses me off...........antiquated laws. I think pardons and commutations like this should be outlawed.....PERIOD.

Later,

Geo

So you're saying the Founding Fathers got it wrong on this point? I disagree. There's nothing antiquated about checks and balances, and the power to pardon is an important one. The police, judges, and juries, are not, and never will be, perfect. Any power can be abused, as it was in this case, but eliminating it altogether would do more damage to our society as a whole than the occasional abuses do, IMHO.

[GeoFisher]

So you're saying the Founding Fathers got it wrong on this point? I disagree. There's nothing antiquated about checks and balances, and the power to pardon is an important one. The police, judges, and juries, are not, and never will be, perfect. Any power can be abused, as it was in this case, but eliminating it altogether would do more damage to our society as a whole than the occasional abuses do, IMHO.

Actually I think they did get it wrong in this case.

A single person should NOT be able to overturn a conviction by ones peers. Maybe in the case if fraud or abuse of power or whatever, BUT that then should be done by maybe a pardon board or something.

For a Governor to be able to grant pardons based on on WHAT Haley Barbour did, is an abuse of power.......

Later,

Geo