factor in many lives, wrote retired U.S. attorney Jim Greenlee. On September 30, the Mississippi Parole Board sent its review of the Bostick case to Barbour. The board recommended Bostick for a full pardon with a divided 3-2 vote. About a week later, on October 7, Bostick was driving under the influence again, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Charity Smith attempted to pull out onto a highway just outside Tupelo when Bostick's truck slammed into the side of her car. Charity Smith was killed and her older sister suffered serious injuries. Bostick still has not been indicted by a grand jury in that crash. Because his third DUI was pardoned, a conviction in the latest DUI case would technically be his third offense, but that would still make it a felony in Mississippi. The Mississippi Parole Board and Barbour are at a loss to explain how Bostick's pardon could have unfolded the way it did. State officials say there is not a mechanism in place to alert them of situations like this. A Department of Corrections spokeswoman referred all questions about the case to the Mississippi Parole Board. Bostickspardon application packet sent from the Parole Board to the governor's office is filled with references to the expedited investigation into the circumstances surrounding Bostick's crime, meaning his third DUI from 2009. According to a state prison official, the expedited