joining me now is randy walker who was shot and nearly killed by david gatlin. also joining us is jeffrey toobin. >> how did you find out that gatlin was serving as a trustee in the governor's mansion. >> i have never been contacted by the mdoc or anybody about that. the way we found out was a website for the department of corrections in mississippi. you can look opan inmate by last name or number, and i kaunconsty kept a check on him. there for a while, he was being transferred around between different facilities, and it was quite a shock when i saw in november of 2009 he became a trustee at the governor's mansion. >> you knew that he was a trustee at the governor's mansion. you knew that was a road to getting pardoned as other killers have in the past. did you try to contact theme, tell them he shouldn't be working at the governor's mansion? >> we tried to plead our case. when i found out in november, we tried for about four months before we got a meeting with lucien smith, one of haley barbour's legal adviser. it was pretty much a pat you on the back meeting,

when the state parole board last reviewed david gatlin's case they voted against releasing him. that was late 2010. gatlin was working at the governor's mansion and the parole board still recommended he not go free. but the governor disregarded that, disregarded that recommendation and pardoned him any way. as we said this happened without consultation or notification to the dead victim's family. nothing either for randy walker, the wounded man. when we first learned that david gatlin was going to the governor's mention they tried to meet with someone, anyone with the power to stop him from being able to work in the governor's mansion. they finally got that meeting but only after gatlin was placed at the mansion. governor's office sent a statement reading how it happened. it reads this is solely at the discretion of the department of corrections and the department of pub safety not the governors. the governor had no real rowe role whatsoever in decide who served. >> the governor said he had no control over who gets in mansion but who gets free or pardoned? in considering gatlin'

lives with relatives in wyoming and says he has no intention of coming back. >> we're looking for david gatlinand i think we've come to the area where he may be. >> we found gatlin in this neighborhood in birmingham, alabama. when we knocked on the door, we didn't expect to see a man named ernest jackson. >> you don't think david is still a dangerous guy? >> hell, no. no. i really don't. i believe that forgiveness is the heart of christianity. and because all people make mistakes, especially in crimes of passion. >> jack says he met david gatlin in the years before the murders and is helping gatlin get back on his feet. he says gatlin spends his days inside his home praying and playing the guitar. and jackson says he will protect him from anyone who comes around causing trouble. >> i told him that he had a home here, and if anybody tried to mess with him, i'd whip their ass. and so that's basically the way it boils down. >> so you're protecting him, basically, at this point? >> yes. >> you don't seem like the type of guy that would go around beating them up? >> well, that was when i was younge

david gatlin shot his wife in the head. anthony mccray was also convicted of killing his wife.arles hooker was a middle school teacher accused of murdering his school principal and joseph azmat shot to death a store clerk. others convicted of rape, drunk driving, robbery. mississippi attorney general calls the pardons a slap isn't the face to everyone in law enforcement. martin savidge joins us live from outside the court in jackson, mississippi. i understand the arguments underway, do we expect a decision? >> reporter: we do expect a decision at some point, but it suspe isn't going to happen today. it's clear the judges had read in well, they understood the questions and what is at stake here at this case, and there is a lot at stake. it is simply not just whether the pardons are valid or not. it goes to the heart of the constitution of the state of mississippi. it also goes to the power of clemency for the governor of mississippi and could it possibly be overruled. it gets into the fate of ten people, now, who were convicted and their freedom is at stake. it also goes to 173

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