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Of Love and Pardons: How They Met

by R.L. Nave
Feb. 15, 2012

On 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…

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Mississippi Executed Hart Turner

by Ronni Mott
February 8, 2012

UPDATE: Mississippi executed Edwin Hart Turner Feb. 8 at 6:21 p.m.

Attorney 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.…

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In Their Words: Jason Moffitt

The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.

By R.L. Nave

Jason Clint Moffitt
Benton County, 2009

Jason Moffitt comes from what of his letter of recommendation writers…

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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 read the bill, which Speaker Philip Gunn sponsored, that would…

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In Their Words: Thomas Cole Kendall

The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.

By R.L. Nave

Rankin County, 2000

Thomas Cole Kendall moved to a trailer park with a friend in 1998 and started dating…

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Court Orders Stay of Execution for Hart Turner

Read Is State Executing a Mentally Ill Man?

Press Release of James Craig (verbatim).

At 2:30 p.m. today the Federal Court for the Southern District of Mississippi entered a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) enjoining the execution of Hart Turner until February 20, 2012.…

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Teaching ‘Nice Girls’ to Stand Up to Bullies

by Elizabeth Waibel
Feb. 6, 2012

Many young girls know one--a "friend" who makes fun of them and points out faults at every opportunity but responds to complaints and hurt feelings with a laugh and "just kidding."

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Is State Executing a Mentally Ill Man?

by Ronni Mott
February 2, 2012

Hart Turner's mind seems to have broken Dec. 12, 1995. After two failed suicide attempts, a half-dozen stays in mental institutions and years of mental and physical abuse, Turner shot and killed Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry in two separate…

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Cyberstalker Hindman: Well-Connected

by R.L. Nave
Feb. 1, 2012

When you're caught in a sting to catch online sex predators, like Douglas Hindman was, it pays to have friends who dine at the governor's mansion when it comes time to get a pardon.

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AG’s Office to Trusty: You Got Served

by R.L. Nave
Jan. 31, 2012

When state investigators caught up to convicted murderer Joseph Ozment Sunday night, he was living in a Laramie, Wyo. hotel and driving the Mercedes-Benz of his fiancee, LaChina Tillman, who has an impressive-sounding job with defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman.

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Pardongate’s Fancy Lawyer Tricks

by R.L. Nave
Jan. 25, 2012

Much like the Haley Barbour pardons that caused a firestorm in Mississippi and around the country, lawyers for many of those who received clemency deluged the Mississippi attorney general and a judge with last-minute motions days and hours before a…

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Hinds Judge Grants Extension in Pardon Case

This afternoon, Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green postponed a hearing on whether to strike down reprieves former Gov. Haley Barbour granted on his final days in office.

On Jan. 12 Green issued a temporary restraining order to stop the more than 200 pardons from moving forward…

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Zero Tolerance for Children

by Valerie Wells
Jan. 23, 2012

Nsombi Lambright, executive director of ACLU Mississippi, doesn't bother going to her son's school anymore for lunch. She tried it as a way to connect with him, offer support for the school and show other students that adults care.…

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Barbour Pardons Helped Many More Whites Than Blacks

I'm sure this will come as a surprise to no one, but it's official: Haley Barbour's last-minute pardons overwhelmingly benefitted whites. A Reuters team, including stringer and JFP political freelancer Robbie Ward, analyzed the race of the criminals on the list and found that although blacks represent more than…

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Which Pardons Hold Up Under Legal Scrutiny?

Attorney General Jim Hood released a statement this morning, saying he has found 21 people among former Gov. Haley Barbour's 200-plus pardons who have fulfilled the constitutional requirements to receive pardons. The statement said that 156 people did not…

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:: coverstories Code Blue: Police Pursuits Cost a Life a Day By Jacob Fuller April 18, 2012 "All units, Ridgeland PD in pursuit. Gray Crown Victoria on lower (Spillway) Road, request assistance," a voice said over the police scanner from Reservoir Control tower. read more » » Mississippi Pardongate: What’s Next? » The Barbour Pardons: How We Got Here » The Color of Clemency » Pushing Kids Out » Why They Kill 1 » Divided We Fall: The Killing of James Craig Anderson » News Wars: The Rise and Fall of The Clarion-Ledger 8 » The JFP Interview With Tyrone Lewis 1 » Rush to Judgment: Trying Kids As Adults 3 » The Cost of ‘Tough on Crime’ 5 more cover stories »
:: COMSTATreports House Burglaries Plague South Jackson by R.L. Nave Jan. 19, 2012 Read the full report here. (pdf 553 KB) A sharp upward spike over the past few weeks in the number of south Jackson house burglaries has police officials scrambling to fix the problem. 1 read more » » Jackson Crime Down, Maybe » Car Crushers Concern Cops more COMSTAT stories »
:: opinioncolumns [Editorial] Police: First, Do No Harm April 18, 2012 Controversy has surrounded police pursuits for decades. Since numerous studies on the subject began in the late 1980s and early '90s, law enforcement officials, legislators, citizens and the press have taken notice of the ever-rising death toll. read more » » [Kamikaze] Still Racial 1 » [Your Turn] Fix the System » [Editorial] Stop the Injustice of ‘Justice’ » [Editorial] Change Felony Voting Laws for All 2 » [Editor’s Note] Rethinking “Tough on Crime” 1 » [Barkley] Act on Your Beliefs, Guv 1 » [Editorial] Barbour’s Shameful Pardons » [Jones] A Lottery for 3-Year Olds 1 » [Editorial] Follow Lead of Powell, Barksdale » [Kamikaze] Just the Messenger 39 more opinion columns »
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:: recentcomments May 16, 2012 \| 09:49 AM One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid' DonnaLadd: Golden, Mr. McGowan says there will be no economic gain for him, that he put his land in a trust (will have to find exact quotes on it). However, he made it clear to me ... May 15, 2012 \| 04:52 PM One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid' golden eagle: We definitely need as much transparency as possible. Just because there could be huge economic gain for the area (as well as for Mr. McGowan) doesn't mean that we should ... May 15, 2012 \| 01:15 PM One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid' DonnaLadd: As someone who has been on this flood-control beat for a while now, I'd be a whole lot more comfortable if this group of folks would stop using phrases like "public ... May 14, 2012 \| 05:43 PM Family Remembers a Fallen Hero justjess: Could the poem be published in the Jackson Free Press. I would like to read it. May 14, 2012 \| 01:40 PM Three Could Face June Execution rlnave: Attorney General Jim Hood's spokeswoman confirmed in an email that Hood will "file motions to reset the execution dates on all three today," Monday May 14. Those dates, Schaefer ... May 11, 2012 \| 01:53 PM Councilmen to Battle Mayor on Business DonnaLadd: redlion, we will definitely print the mayor's full response in the paper, and he will get ample time/space to talk about his side of things, as will all the candidates ... May 11, 2012 \| 01:51 PM Mayoral Competition Begins DonnaLadd: I miss Abby, too. She was a gentle soul. May 11, 2012 \| 01:41 PM Mayoral Competition Begins redlion: Old Abby may she rest in peace. She would have been a better mayor than Frank (either Frank, actually). May 11, 2012 \| 01:25 PM Councilmen to Battle Mayor on Business redlion: To Jacob Fuller Mayor Johnson's full response should be printed please! And his PR people need to get cranked up and disseminate the facts about all the good and great ... May 11, 2012 \| 01:20 PM Councilmen to Battle Mayor on Business redlion: Don't live in Jackson BUT justjess is dead on with his comments. Every dime spent with Mayor Mary and the other areas increases their tax coffers and keeps them rolling ...