Man charged with DUI weeks before getting pardon

Miss. man got DUI between applying or, getting pardon

BRANDON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and parole officials say they didn't know a man was charged with DUI after a fatal wreck that happened between the time his pardon application was investigated and when Barbour granted it.

The Parole Board investigated Harry Bostick's application for pardon from a felony DUI and sent a favorable recommendation to Barbour on Sept. 30.

Barbour signed the pardon Jan. 10.

Parole Board Chairwoman Shannon Warnock and Barbour's spokeswoman said Saturday they didn't know Bostick was charged with DUI after an accident in October because it happened after the investigation.

The accident killed 18-year-old Charity Smith. Bostick is charged with DUI, but not with causing her death.

The pardon won't wipe out the new charges. A former U.S. attorney was among those supporting Bostick's pardon.

[Skruffy1]

In the same story on another network is a quote from a Mississippi parole official saying they "just don't have a mechanism in place" to flag that someone about to be paroled has been recently arrested. Well isn't that special? They don't yet have computers in Mississippi?

[Skruffy1]

Is this guy perhaps a personal friend of Gov. Barber's? Or a friend or relative of someone on the Parole Board?

[illcountryboy]

Shouldn't the DUI negate the pardon as it changes the grounds the pardon was granted under as he was obviously no longer clean. And why wasn't he charged with murder or manslaughter?

[illcountryboy]

Shouldn't the DUI negate the pardon as it changes the grounds the pardon was granted under as he was obviously no longer clean. And why wasn't he charged with murder or manslaughter?

[nirak2-2009]

Haley Barbour didn't know this guy killed someone?
Well, Haley Barbour it was your job to find out.
He should be locked up with all those criminals.

[oldabner]

He is a useless drunk - lock his dumb ass back up.

[bobnjersey]

[The accident killed 18-year-old Charity Smith. Bostick is charged with DUI, but not with causing her death]
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maybe if he was walking his dog off the leash in a park he'd be facing more serious charges.

[linfinster]

If he did what that idiot dog walker did he'd have gotten tased too.

[bobnjersey]

[If he did what that idiot dog walker did he'd have gotten tased too.]
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he killed an 18 yr old girl azzhole!