Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The New York Times As the uproar over his last-minute grants of clemency continued, former Gov. Haley Barbour showed no sign of backing down on Friday, giving a news conference and appearing on Fox News. Mr. Barbour, a Republican whose second term...
Kansas City Star
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour invoked his Christian belief in forgiveness and his childhood experiences with a convict named Leon Turner to explain why he granted clemency to 215 convicts just before he left office, including 17 murderers.The former...
San Jose Mercury News
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Friday that he's "very comfortable" with his final-days decisions to grant pardons or other clemency to more than 200 people, including convicted killers -- decisions that outraged victims' families and...