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There was a new governor, terry mcauliffe in office now. so rosenfield renewed his appeal for clemency, though he was well aware that a tiny percentage of such petitions are ever granted. and as month after month went by, it wasn't clear what, if anything, was happening. >> what's disturbing about the clemency process is that it's secretive. >> reporter: but what rosenfield didn't know is that this time it was different. the governor, in fact, ordered a new investigation. >> law offices. >> reporter: and just before christmas, we were there when the call came. the governor's office. >> hey car...

President's pardon power here, use clemency as a way to release people stuck in the sentencing disaster that are serving sentences that with a bipartisan agreement they should no longer be serving. he's asked the bureau of prisons to get involved in the clemency process. give us list of inmates. you know them best. who are best suited for this, who have good records in prison. what i think is a little bit surprising for some people is that there are so many current inmates who are trying to get out. >> danny, you've been dealing with this for a long time, particularly people locked up in the j...

Quote, some people have misunderstood the clemency process and think that all or most of the individuals who received clemency were actually in jail at the time of their release. approximately 90% of these individuals were no longer in custody and a majority of them had been out for years. this was about he said restoring their rights to vote, things like that. this story is far from over. a mississippi judge is now blocking the release of 21 inmates. we'll go live to jackson, mississippi later this hour for more on the growing outrage there. keep in mind haley barbour a very powerful figure i...

Let me read a portion of the statement in which he said, some people have misunderstood the clemency process and think that almost all the individuals who received clemency were in jail at the time of their release. approximately 90% of those individuals were no longer in custody and a majority of them had been out for years. he also said that most of the people whom he granted clemency were approved by the parole bosrd. but there is a lot of concern in his statement he missed what everybody's concerned about, which is that a lot of the people being released, a lot of the people being pardoned...

You know? being a trustee at the governor's mansion does not change a murderer. >> late yesterday, the governor issued a statement saying, "some people have misunderstood the clemency process and think that all or most of the individuals who received clemency were in jail at the time of their release. approximately 90% of these individuals were no longer in custody and a majority of them had been out for years," said haley barbour. politico's josh gerstein has been looking into all of this and joins us now for the politico briefing. this is a larger number than normally released. there's a lot...