VIDEO: Mississippi Supreme Court to hear case over ex-Governor's many pardons

The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether former Gov. Haley Barbour broke the law but not notifying the public 30 days before he issued pardons that set free dozens of criminals, including at least one convicted murderer.

Barbour, a Republican, made the pardons shortly before he left office, many of inmates who'd worked as trustees in the governor's mansion. Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, was outraged and sought to have the pardons overturned on the technical grounds that Barbour didn't provide the notice required under state law.

A lower court ruled that those who've been released must check in with corrections officials every 24 hours and, according to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court upheld that ruling, pending a formal hearing on the request to overturn the pardons.

Barbour Pardons Case Goes to MS High Court
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