Jones v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseIn 1992, Clarence Jones pleaded guilty to murder for which he was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Jones' sentence was indefinitely suspended in 2004 by Governor Musgrove. He was released from prison on parole. In 2008, Governor Barbour granted Jones a pardon. In 2013, Jones moved the Circuit Court to expunge his record because he had received a pardon for his conviction. After a hearing on the matter, the trial court denied Jones' request to have his record expunged, finding that expungements were a creature of statute and that the Legislature has not included "receiving pardons" as grounds for expungement eligibility. Jones then appealed to the Supreme Court. Finding no reversible error in the Circuit Court's analysis, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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