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83 Miss. L.J. 1271 (2014)
The Pardoning Power: Where Does Tradition End and Legal Regulation Begin

handle is hein.journals/mislj83 and id is 1319 raw text is: THE PARDONING POWER: WHERE DOES TRADITION END AND LEGAL REGULATION BEGIN? INTRODUCTION .................................1272 I BACKGROUND .................1273 A. Historical Beginnings ............... .....1275 B. Positives and Negatives of the Power .... .....1279 1. Appropriate Uses of the Power....... .....1280 2. Problems with an Unchecked Power..............1282 II. OVERVIEW OF THE STATES' PARDON PROCESSES .......1285 A. The Various State Processes...............1285 1. Who has Authority: Models for the Administration of the Pardon Power .... .....1286 a. Where does the authority get that power? ........................... .........1290 b. How does the authority lose that power? ............................. .....1291 2. What factors do those in authority consider when making pardon determinations?...............1293 B. Mississippi's Process ............... .....1295 1. The Trusty Program ..................1299 a. Historical Beginnings in Mississippi........1300 b. Modern Day Trusty .................1301 2. The Current Administration ...... ........1302 III. PROBLEMS WITH MISSISSIPPI'S SYSTEM..... .....1302 A. Exemplar States ............................1303 B. Mississippi's Process Goes Against the Founders' Intent............................1307 IV. NEW MODEL FOR MISSISSIPPI ..................1309 A. Proposed Solutions Keeping with the Founders' Intent ......................... ...........1309 1. Borrow from the Other States........................1309 a. The Texas and Louisiana Model............1310 b. The Alabama and Arkansas Models......1311 2. Create a Check on Unchecked Power.............1312 1271

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