Pardoned Mississippi killer says he wasn't on the run
One of four convicted murderers whose whereabouts had been unknown since they were controversially pardoned last week by Mississippi's governor insisted Friday that he hasn't been on the run, saying he is a changed man who deserved to be freed.
Anthony McCray, who was convicted in a 2001 murder, said he went straight from prison Sunday to the home of a relative in central Mississippi, where he has been since. He criticized the outrage over outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's decision to grant clemency to him, along with nearly 200 other convicted criminals, in a final act before leaving office.
"I didn't do this. God did this," McCray said from a covered porch. "God touched Haley Barbour's heart."
The office of Mississippi's attorney general said late Friday afternoon that authorities have been in touch with three of the four convicted murderers -- McCray, David Gatlin and Charles Hooker -- who were pardoned and released Sunday. Nathan Kern, an armed robber who is also required to check in with authorities, also has been located.
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