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Outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is leaving office trailed by controversy about pardons -- issued over the course of his two terms in office -- to eight convicted killers who worked in the governor's mansion as "trusties."
Barbour, a major player in national Republican circles who last year briefly flirted with a presidential run, is returning to lobbying work after serving eight years as Mississippi's chief executive. Fellow Republican Phil Bryant, who served as lieutenant governor, is being sworn in as governor today.
This week, the Associated Press reported that Barbour pardoned four convicted killers, including a man who had been denied parole a few days earlier. According to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, Barbour during his two terms in office has pardoned a total of eight convicted killers, seven of whom were convicted of murder and one who was convicted of manslaughter.
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Five of the eight killers' victims were either their wives, former wives or girlfriends, according to Clarion-Ledger reporter Jessica Bakeman.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/haley-barbour-pardons-killers-mississippi.html
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)I have the burden, unfortunately, of living under the other one, Chris Christie, the Garden State's pantsload supreme.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)People could now be killed because of him and not in spite of him.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)ingac70
(7,947 posts)or do idiots write news stories these days?
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)I think that's obviously,yes......
tanyev
(42,553 posts)I worked at a sheriff's office for a few years and couldn't believe that they always spelled that word wrong. Until I finally got irritated enough to look it up in a dictionary, that is.
2 trusty noun \ˈtrəs-tē also ˌtrəs-ˈtē\
plural trust·ies
Definition of TRUSTY
: a trusty or trusted person; specifically: a convict considered trustworthy and allowed special privileges
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trusty
I have always seen it spelled trustee... but then again it won't be long before text language is in the dictionary as well!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)A trusty is what is described in the OP.