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that pardons may not be set aside by the judicial branch and the final decision rested entirely with the governor, but its entirely the governors judgment that the victims families are questioning. barbou rr wouldnt come on the show. >> governor, ed lavendera with cnn, can we talk to you real quick? >> let me get my instructions. >> can you talk to us in a second? >> he couldnt give us a second and walked right inside the building, but not before showing us what he thought of the quest...

inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. thats because we got -- usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is whats happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, weve known each other now through ...

lets get started. >> usually its her. shes the one who says this over and over, jobs, jobs, jobs. you know what, jobs is the big story today. big report, remember the last one we told you that was real good, we have another one out for you. as good? anything negative? well get the low down on it all? is it going to boost or bite president obama. also were talking iran and israels stance on iran. the prime minister talking about a timetable on an attack on iran giving a series of inte...

jobs last month. so it was private sector hiring. companies hiring that drove the jobs number. this is the last year, carol. 2011 i want to show you. last spring things are pretty strong. we were having 200,000 jobs gained every month. in the summer it got real slow. we were worried about a double dip recession. picked up again in the fall. now we have revisions. the bigger picture is a little bit better. you have better than expected january, february, now its 8.3% the unemployment ra...

mistakes made in the pardon process were in so many words, no big deal. harmless error is salegal term. but for the families of the mens victims, and these are the four convicted killers, the words harmless error, may seem like a slap in the face. all four of these pardoned murders worked in the mansion before getting theyre release. the governor says they committed crimes of passion, thats what he calls them, making them highly unlikely, he says nchg to reoffend. experts say thats sim...

harmless error is the legal term but for the families of the mens victims and the four convicted killers, the words harmless error must feel like a slap in the face. all four of the freed murderers, pardoned murderers, worked in the governors mansion before winning release. critics say they got the release befriending or sucking up to then governor haley barbour. the governor said he committed them crimes of passion. experts thats not true and these are no crimes of passion. one killer...

four convicted killers, the words harmless error, may seem like a slap in the face. all four of these pardoned murders worked in the mansion before getting theyre release. the governor says they committed crimes of passion, thats what he calls them, making them highly unlikely, he says nchg to reoffend. experts say thats simply not true. and in any events, these were no crimes of passion in some cases. one killer stuck up a convenient store, shooting the clerk dead as he begged for mer...

When alyssa bustamante was just 15 years old herself. court testimony revealed alyssa bustamante strangled, stabbed and slit the throat of her young neighbor and then buried here in a shallow grave that she dug days earlier in. statement before her sentencing alyssa bustamante repeatedly told the victims family she was sorry. a judge sentencing her to life in prison for second murder plus 30 years for armed criminal action. the sentences will run consecutively. alyssa bustamante has the possibil...

on the governor winning his trust, playing on his sympathy even though their crimes are horrific. governor barbour remains unavailable to answer questions on our program. his office issued a statement. when he has spoken about this, not on this program, the governor suggested they committed crimes of passion and experts say such killers are the least likely to reoffend. we have shown you he is wrong on both accounts. this man, one of the four killers shot a clerk three times on his way...

their crimes were horrific. governor barbour is unvanl to answer questions. despite our are repeated attempts to reach him. his office issued a statement which we will read a portion of shortly. when he has spoken about this, not on this program, the governor suggested these men committed "crimes of passion" and experts say such killers are the least likely to reoffend. we have shown you he is wrong on both accounts. this man, one of the four killers he shot a clerk three times on his ...