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| Bills would work to limit paroles |
| By The Mississippi Press |
| Published: 09/25/2008 |
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MISSISSIPPI - Rep. Brandon Jones, D-Pascagoula, said Wednesday that he knows changing Mississippi's Constitution will not be easy, but it's something he feels compelled to accomplish. Jones' desire took hold in July when Gov. Haley Barbour suspended Michael David Graham's life sentence after the inmate served 19 years for stalking and killing his ex-wife, Adrienne Klasky Graham, here in 1989. Graham served four of his 19 years working as a trusty at the Governor's Mansion. Barbour has said he will pardon Graham if he does well outside of prison. "At the very least, we should give the people who were most impacted by a crime a chance to explain their side of the story," Jones said. "I believe that had the Michael Graham situation been brought before the people of Jackson County, the sheriff's office and the district attorney's office, we would have had a very different outcome. That's why these bills make sense." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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