[Queen] If I Were A ManWe are just as capable and ready for battle as any man—whatever that battle is.
Mitchell Staying at Clarion-LedgerAward-winning journalist Jerry Mitchell is not among a dozen Clarion-Ledger employees facing an early retirement buyout choice. Speaking at this morning's Friday Forum at Koinonia Coffee House, Mitchell addressed the future of the Gannett-owned daily newspaper.
Runaway, Prostitute or Victim?Not too long ago in another state, a high-school boy offered a high-school girl a ride home. He drugged her drink, took nude photos of her and used the pictures to blackmail her into having sex with a series of …
Rep. Brown: Irby Clemency File MissingHouse Democrats have just released a statement from Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, on former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons. In it, he says files are missing for several pardon recipients, including Karen Irby.
Pardongate: ContinuumImagine that every person who received a pardon from Gov. Haley Barbour did exactly what the state constitution says and ran a newspaper ad for 30 days before they received the pardon. Then what?
Of Love and Pardons: How They MetOn the night of Dec. 7, 1992, Joseph Ozment and three friends arrived to rob J & R's Old Store in Hernando and found Ricky A. Montgomery there, working alone. During the robbery, one of Ozment's accomplices shot Montgomery three …
Memorializing MedgarIt's unlikely that Medgar Evers will be forgotten for a very long time.
Stop the Injustice of ‘Justice'Nothing brings the inequality and foibles of our justice system into stark relief like an upcoming execution. As lawyers battle over last-minute efforts to save a human life, it's impossible not to weigh one man's sentence of death against others …
Stop the Injustice of ‘Justice'Nothing brings the inequality and foibles of our justice system into stark relief like an upcoming execution. As lawyers battle over last-minute efforts to save a human life, it's impossible not to weigh one man's sentence of death against others …
Mississippi Executed Hart TurnerAttorney General Jim Hood this morning argued successfully in a federal appeals court in New Orleans to lift a stay of execution for Edwin Hart Turner. At this point, without further intervention by either the U.S. Supreme Court or Gov. …
In Their Words: Jason Moffitt<i>The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.</i>
Hood Decries "Sunshine Act"Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood cried foul this afternoon on the less-than-sunshiney manner in which the House Sunshine Act was introduced and passed out of committee in less than 18 hours. Hood said he didn't even get a chance to …
In Their Words: Thomas Cole Kendall<i>The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.</i>