CNN has also learned that a member of the governor's staff took the same two men, David Gatlin and Charles Hooker, to get their driver's licenses while they were still in state custody, before their pardons were signed and made official.
"I just really haven't absorbed it yet," said Randy Walker, who was shot in the head in 1993 by one of the trusties. That former inmate, David Gatlin, also fatally shot his own estranged wife as she held the couple's baby. Walker and the woman were friends.
Randy Walker was shot in the head in 1993 by one of the trusties whoBarbourpardoned. That former inmate, David Gatlin, also fatally shot his own estranged wife as she held the couple's baby. Walker and the woman were friends.
Date: Mar 08, 2012
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Hearing on Mississippi pardons delayed until next week
In 1993, CNN affiliate WLBT reported, David Gatlin walked into the trailer where his estranged wife, Tammy Ellis Gatlin, lived and shot her in the head as she held her 6-week-old baby in her arms. The woman's friend, Randy Walker, survived a gunshot to the head.
Date: Feb 01, 2012
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Hood: Judge should invalidate some Barbour pardons
He said workers served papers Tuesday at an apartment in Birmingham, Ala., on David Gatlin, a former trusty who was convicted of killing his estranged wife and shooting a man in 1993 in Rankin County. Hood said Gatlin had purchased a vehicle at a Jackson-area car dealership and the attorney general'
Date: Jan 17, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Controversy puts Mississippi's long-standing 'trusty' program in spotlight
One of the recently pardoned trusties, David Gatlin, was given a life sentence in the shooting death of her sister. Gatlin was convicted of shooting Tammy Brewer in the head as she held their 6-week-old son.
Date: Jan 16, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Mississippi pardons spur changes in trusty program
widespread criticism of former Republican governor Haley Barbour for pardoning four murderers on Jan. 6 Joseph Ozment, Anthony McCray, Charles Hooker and David Gatlin and one burglar, Nathan Kern, who had been trusties and for granting clemency to more than 200 other offenders as he left office.
Date: Jan 15, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Did Haley Barbour overlook Mississippi constitution before mass pardon?
Among those pardoned were Karen Irby, a Jackson socialite convicted of killing two doctors in a DUI-related crash, Ernest Favre, the brother of ex-NFL great Brett Favre, who killed his best friend in a 1997 drunk driving accident, and David Gatlin, a convicted wife-murderer who had earned good-behav