I agree and so do the people who lost loved ones from the murders. But, many people wonder the real reason behind all of these pardons. Some reports think it has to do with the state "saving money" and to heck with all the people having to live knowing their loved one's murderer has been pardoned.
Well, in fact Barbour said that the state won't be "burdened" with medical costs.
Of those 26 who are still incarcerated or were at the time they received clemency, 13 are ill and draining the state’s resources for their medical expenses, he said.
“A dialysis patient costs about $190,000 per year,” Barbour said. “All of these costs will no longer fall on the state.”
Those families whose loved ones have died at the hands of murders say the same thing as you. One family says that Barbour's feelings are irrelevant. Rightly so.
Article: Pearl River County Supervisor Anthony Hales, a close friend of the McGills, said the prospect of Kambule’s release has forced Pamela McGill’s living relatives — her father, brother and uncles — to relive the trauma of her murder.
Hales said Barbour’s personal feelings aren’t relevant.
“I guess he would feel ‘comfortable,’ but his comfortability is not what we’re concerned about,” Hales said. “The public and the victims’ families are not ‘comfortable.’ ”
Read more here:
http://www.clarionledger.com/article...news|text|Home
People all over the state are angry over this:
Read people's comments at the end of the article.
http://www.djournal.com/view/full_st...es_left_column
There are 85 comments on this article so far:
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/13/...d-chances.html
Even people from Memphis have a lot to say about Barbour's "forgiveness" without a second thought about the families who continue to suffer.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...acts-straight/
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