Haley Barbour pardons murderer two weeks after being denied parole.

[BoomerD]

Methinks your "humor" detector in need of service.

Dammit...and I just put batteries in it last year...

 

[dank69]

Dammit...and I just put batteries in it last year...

I have to admit, I had to analyze the comment four times before I got the joke. I never would have gone back to re-analyze if it weren't for CallMeJoe. I think it was the 'I can't believe anyone hasn't addressed this:' part that threw me off. I'm still not entirely convinced. :hmm:

 

[sactoking]

It seems that he was referring to the people already released with that statement, and not necessarily the murderers. Not that that makes the situation much better.

Yeah, his statement is still asinine for at least two reasons:

1) People that were already released are banned from holding certain licenses, voting, owning guns, etc for a reason. If someone commits a crime of confidence they're not supposed to be able to get a securities license and commit another confidence crime.
2) A pardon does not discriminate. In other words, pardons are unconditional. If you pardon a attorney so that he can hunt the same condition (being able to own guns and hunt) applies to all people pardoned, even those such as the murderers. Barbour cannot say "I pardon you so you can hunt and you so you can get a license, etc"; it's a blanket power that expunges everything for everyone.