Barbour pardons killers

 Lame duck pardons aren't so lame. Gov. Haley Barbour has pardoned 4 murderers as he leaves office. It's a tradition, but this isn't one of tradition's highest moments.

The inmates are David Gatlin, convicted of killing his estranged wife in 1993; Joseph Ozment, convicted in 1994 of killing a man during a robbery; Anthony McCray, convicted in 2001 of killing his wife; Charles Hooker, sentenced to life in 1992 for murder; and Nathan Kern, sentenced to life in 1982 for burglary after at least two prior convictions.

The pardons outraged victims' relatives as well as Democratic lawmakers, who called for an end to the custom of governors' issuing such end-of-tenure pardons.

Democrats have pounced on the pardon.
Barbour frequently refers to Mississippi as "the safest state in America for an unborn child."

"So much for being pro-life when you pardon people who take other people's lives," Presley, the public service commissioner, said in an interview. "In one case, the lady had a 6-month-old baby in her arms when she was murdered."

APNewsBreak: Miss. Gov. Barbour pardons 4 killers

By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press  

I can see how the Democrats have much food for fodder on this apparent lack of foresight on the governor's part. Why in world pardon murderers? I think there may be more to this story than meets the first glance.

However, my beef isn't about that, it's about the comment Presley made, "So much for being pro-life when you pardon people who take other people's lives." The statement was made in as a repartee to Barbour's comment that Mississippi is the safest state for unborn babies. I take extreme exception to that kind of parting shot.The fact that people get so bent out of shape over three killers receiving a pardon, but don't care enough to get out and vote to save the lives of unborn babies raises (re: Proposition 26) such a stench I'm choking.

I would like to note that Southern Baptists set aside the  third Sunday in January as The Sanctity of Life Day. Please pray that we Christians will become set aside apathy to speak out for the voiceless, and speak out for the unborn to save their lives, and make sure that all women considering abortion will be given complete information about their unborn child.