Pardoned Mississippi murderer found in Wyoming
A convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday.
Joseph Ozment was served with papers at a hotel in Laramie, Wyoming, where he had been staying under another name, his office said. As he was fleeing in his girlfriend's car, Ozment bumped an officer and sped from the parking lot. He later returned to the hotel on foot, denying he had been behind the wheel, Hood said. The officer was not seriously hurt.
Ozment's whereabouts had been unknown since he was picked up by his mother on January 8 after his release.
"We said we would find him, and we did," said Hood. "Now, we will let the court decide what happens from here."
full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/justice/mississippi-pardoned-murderer-found/index.html
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)A Democratic governor in Mississippi.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Any Democrat Mississippi elects governor will make even the most centrist Democrat look like a screaming liberal.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)But any Democrat elected will be far from "great" as it was put.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Ter
(4,281 posts)I can't tell much difference.
alp227
(32,052 posts)he lost re-election in 2003 to Barbour. He doesn't seem to be a DLC type based on what i'm reading here on wikipedia. Also, remember Mississippi's role in the Democratic Party during the Civil Rights Movement.
And your statement about conservative Dem governors might've been accurate from 1876 to 1992...
Ter
(4,281 posts)Religion
In August 2003, Musgrove wrote judge Roy Moore on state letterhead to praise the judge's unconstitutional - as ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court - Ten Commandments monument, inviting the judge to display the monument in the Mississippi State Capitol for a week the following month and announcing his intention to encourage other governors to follow suit. Musgrove further wrote, "It would be my honor to host this monument as a symbol of every Mississippian's dedication to the fundamental principles of the Ten Commandments."
In 2001, Musgrove signed legislation requiring the motto "In God We Trust" to be displayed in every public school classroom, as well as the school auditoriums and cafeterias, throughout the state.
Gay rights
In 2000, Musgrove signed a bill into law banning same-sex couples from adopting children, making Mississippi only the third state to have done so. The law also says that Mississippi will not recognize adoptions from other states by same-sex couples.
Abortion
Musgrove as governor signed a bill banning public funding of abortions, with exceptions for when the mother's life is in danger, when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or when a fetal malformation is incompatible with the baby being born alive.
alp227
(32,052 posts)I don't think people here realize just how conservative people in this area of the country are.
I also expect that Senator Landreau D-LA (who many people love to hate), will be replaced by either Jindal or another clone in two years.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)yeah it was a shitty corrupt pardon, but to retroactively penalize folks sets a dangerous trend IMHO
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)Wasn't he free to go where he pleased?
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piedmont
(3,462 posts)There was no prior notice published in the newspapers, as (very sensibly) required.
csziggy
(34,137 posts)From the link in the OP:
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)This is taking the easy way out by making the pardoned guy a scapegoat for a system that clearly has flaws. It's not his fault he got pardoned, but I'm sure the legal system will skewer him anyway.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Why would you go to an areas with smaller populations where you are more likely to be noticed as a "new" person? Crowded areas where it's a blur of anonymous faces would seem more logical to me,
geomon666
(7,512 posts)XemaSab
(60,212 posts)Small, but not so small that people will stop and stare.
I think there's a lot of oil and gas work up there. Maybe he went up there to--shocker--get a job?
Found in Yonkers
(100 posts)I have to show 479 pieces of ID to pick up my drycleaning!
truthisfreedom
(23,155 posts)They're more popular than ever!
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Gawd damn, what a blithering idiot!!
Nobody goes to Laramie in January!!