went to court to block some of the pardons. he says they re a slap to the face of everyone in law enforcement, he will be with us with jeff toobin in a bit. first, four of the convicted murderers that got pardons were released sunday, according to mississippi department of corrections. one link between them, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a work release program. one of the men is david gatlin. these him there. the shooting victim he left behind and family of the victim that didn t live to tell the story are in a word scared. martin savidge joins me live. martin? reporter: it has been a chaotic last couple hours as the legal wrangling is under way to try to bring to a halt in some way the pardon process that was brought about as a result of former governor haley barbour. as you point out, there has been success on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they have that temporary injunction. what that means, those in prison, 21 that have not been released w
mississippi hood general went back to block some of those pardons. he said they re a slap in the face to everyone in law enforcement. first, though, four of the convicted murder who is received full pardons were released on sunday, according to the mississippi department of corrections. one link between them, as inmates, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a type of work release program. one of those men is david gatlan. the shooting victim of the family he left behind are in a word, scared. martin? anderson, it s been a very chaotic last couple of hours as the legal wrangling has been underway to try to at least bring to a halt. as you point out, there has been success tonight on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they ve got that temporary injunction. what that means is that those who are still in prison who have not been released, they ll be in prison. as for those murderers, they re out but they ll have to report to the department of corrections on a
face of everyone in law enforcement, he will be with us with jeff toobin in a bit. first, four of the convicted murderers that got pardons were released sunday, according to department of corrections. one link between them, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a work release program. one of the men is david gatlin. the shooting victim he left behind and family of the victim that didn t live to tell the story are in a word scared. martin savidge joins me live. martin? reporter: it has been a chaotic last couple hours as the legal wrangling is under way to try to bring to a halt in some way the pardon process that was brought about as a result of former governor haley barbour. as you point out, there has been success on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they have that temporary injunction. what that means, those in prison, 21 that have not been released will stay in prison. as for the murderers, they are out, but ordered now to report through department of
victim s family stunned and afraid. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the republican candidates are scrambling to cover as much ground as they can. the south carolina primary only nine days away and early voting in florida starting at the same time. it s now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romney s lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us from west palm beach with the latest. jim? reporter: wolf, don t let all the florida sunshine fool you. mitt romney is coming up a blizzard of attacks from the gop rivals over the issue of corporate layoffs, so the gop front-runner returned to a familiar theme of the campaign, and that is he understands the plight of the unemployed. mitt romney hopes he s found the message to remain his bain in the neck. being unemployed for a long period of time means families are having a hard time ma