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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/lawyer-sisters-freed-for-kidney-donation-were-disappointed-miss-gov-didnt-pardon-them/2012/01/12/gIQA4XYqtP_story.html

Lawyer: Sisters freed from prison for kidney donation disappointed governor didn’t pardon them

Two sisters released from a Mississippi prison last year on condition that one donate a kidney to the other were saddened and disappointed they weren’t among dozens receiving full pardons from the governor, one of the women said Thursday.

As one of his last acts as governor, Haley Barbour granted more than 200 reprieves, including to those convicted of murder. Most were full pardons, though some received suspended sentences.

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