Records: Ex-Miss. Gov. Barbour Pardoned Dozens In his final days as Mississippi governor, Republican Haley Barbour gave pardons or early release to dozens of people, including 29 whose crimes were listed as murder, manslaughter or homicide, state records show. A list provided by the Mississippi Secretary of State's office on Tuesday, the day Barbour left office, showed some of the convicted killers were pardoned, while others were given medical or conditional releases. He had released five other convicted killers in 2008. Relatives of crime victims had voiced outrage Monday after it was revealed that the two-term governor had pardoned four convicted murderers. Those men had worked at the Governor's Mansion as part of a prison trusty program. A complete list was disclosed Tuesday, the day that Barbour's successor, Republican Phil Bryant was sworn in at the state Capitol. Barbour, a Republican, served two terms and couldn't run again due to term limits. On the way into the Mississippi House chamber for his successor's inauguration, Barbour had no comment when asked by The Associated Press about the pardons. "It's Phil Bryant's day," Barbour said in response to repeated questions from the AP about what he would say to the victims' relatives. On Monday, state officials revealed that Barbour had given pardons to five men and that they'd been released. The former inmates are David Gatlin, convicted of killing his estranged wife in 1993 as she held a baby; Joseph Ozment, convicted in 1994 of killing a man during a robbery; Anthony McCray, convicted in 2001 of killing his wife; Charles Hooker, sentenced to life in 1992 for murder; and Nathan Kern, sentenced to life in 1982 for burglary after at least two prior convictions. In addition to those convicted of crimes of manslaughter and murder, records show Barbour gave early release to people convicted of drug crimes, DUI deaths, burglary and kidnapping, among others. Among those granted a full pardon by Barbour was Azikiwe Kambule, a South African man whose manslaughter conviction in a 1996 Mississippi carjacking and slaying drew international attention because he was a teenager when the crime was committed and prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty. In June 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Kambule, who wanted to withdraw his guilty plea. Prosecutors said Kambule and Santonia Berry killed social worker Pamela McGill in Madison County on Jan. 25, 1996, because they wanted the Jackson woman's red 1993 Dodge Stealth sports car. Her body was found nine weeks later when Berry led authorities to it. Defense lawyers said there was no evidence Kambule fired the shots that killed McGill. Kambule argued in court documents that he knew nothing of the U.S. justice system when he entered into a deal in 1997 to plead guilty to charges in the death of McGill and to accept a 35-year sentence. Kambule had come to Mississippi two years earlier, when his mother began studying psychology at Jackson State University. His mother and stepfather returned to South Africa several years ago after briefly living in Atlanta. Although prosecutors sought the death penalty, a Madison County judge ruled Kambule's sentence could not be harsher than that for Berry, the admitted triggerman. Berry received a life sentence without parole after pleading guilty to capital murder.