Thursday, January 19, 2012

Pardon restrictions mulled - Ex-governor: Proposals take away incentive for inmates to change

Leslie Carlton Smith wants to coach his 6-year-old son's soccer team, chaperone him at Boy Scouts events and take him hunting.

But until former Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned Smith, 46, last week, the Biloxi man could not be the dad he wanted to be because of a felony conviction from his teens.

"It's hard to tell a 6-year-old why I can't do some of things his friend's dads can," Smith said Monday. "It's a little embarrassing for me."  Read more...

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