Hearing on Mississippi pardons delayed until next week

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A bid by Mississippi's attorney general to overturn the pardons of four convicted murderers and other inmates won't be heard this week after all.

The state's Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted jurisdiction in the case and granted a defense motion to cancel Friday's scheduled hearing by a lower judge in Jackson. The high court set a February 9 hearing in the case.

Then-Gov. Haley Barbour issued the pardons last month, sparking anger from authorities and relatives of crime victims.

Attorney General Jim Hood has been particularly outspoken, calling the pardons "a slap in the face to everyone in law enforcement and (saying) Governor Barbour should be ashamed."

full:http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/01/justice/mississippi-pardons/index.html