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>> reporter: good afternoon to you. among the criminals pardoned by governor haley barbour were charles hooker, who in 1992 was sentenced to life in prison for killing the principal of a mississippi high school where he was a teacher, and also, joseph osmond, imprisoned in 1993 for murder, conspiracy and korrmed y and anthony mccray who murdered his wife, shooting her in the back and a man who shot and killed his estranged wife as she held their baby son and then turned the gun on a friend who managed to survive the bullet wound to the head. >> i think they ought to be -- the governor himself ...

>> the governor himself should look me and the family in eye and say i'll let this guy go. but there wasn't that. coward's way out if you ask me. >> reporter: under mississippi law, those seeking pardon must publish their intention in advance. the state attorney general said the serious offenders did not meet the requirement. >> a statement, barbour said the decisions were based on recommendation from parole board in 90% of the cases. >> bret: governor barbour joins us from jackson, mississippi. welcome. >> thank you. >> bret: you heard the story. first, you reaction and why so many pardons in...

>> reporter: yep. megyn: poor california boy who is he kidding, he's probably out on the surf every morning. new fallout following a decision to pardon dozens of convicts in mississippi. >> i think they ought to be -- the governor himself ought to have to look me and the family in the eye and say, hey, i'm going to let this guy go, but there wasn't any of that. that is the coward's way out. megyn: that is randy walker e was shot in the head and almost killed by one of the men just set free who is now roaming the streets and able to buy a gun. that is what happens when you get a pardon, it's li...

Due to medical reasons because the healthcare expenses while incarcerated cost the state so much money." the governor's reasoning is falling on deaf ears for those who were victims. >> the governor himself has to look me and the family in the eye and say hey, i'll let this guy go. there wasn't that. that is a coward's way out. >> governor barbour served two terms and had been in office since 2004. before this round of pardons he only granted four clemency five times in the laz eight years. >> army investigator in the case of accused wikileakser private badly manning is recommending a general c...

Danger. >> the governor will have to look me and the family in the eye and say, i will get this guy go. but there wasn't any of that. that is the coward's way out. >>shepard: we invited the governor to appear and he and the staff have not returned our calls. but he did put out a statement to all the media saying most of those he pardoned have already served their sentences and the decision was based upon the recommendation of the parole board in 90 percent of the cases. and my guest has more on this like for us. do we have a sense, now, chris, why the judge believed this could be illegal? >>gu...