Missouri governor tops 100 pardons, including clergy protest

Monday, January 9, 2017

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For 16 years as Missouri attorney general, Jay Nixon's job was to be tough on crime. His office argued against appeals from people challenging their convictions and sentences.

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