JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour tells The Associated Press he doesn't plan to pardon two sisters he released from prison earlier this year on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other.
Barbour, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, was asked Thursday what he'll say to a pardon request the attorney for Jamie and Gladys Scott plans to file Friday.
Barbour responded: "Tell 'em don't save any space in the newspaper for that to be announced."
The Scott sisters' attorney, Chokwe Lumumba, is sponsoring a rally Friday outside the Governor's Mansion and state Capitol seeking support for a full pardon. Lumumba says that the sisters are innocent and that a full pardon would help them find jobs.
The women served nearly 16 years of life sentences for an armed robbery.
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