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AG: Trusty Ozment Found in WyomingAfter several weeks of trying to track down pardoned governor's mansion inmate worker Joseph Ozment, investigators from the Mississippi attorney general's office served Ozment with court papers last night in Laramie, Wy., state AG Jim Hood said this afternoon. Hood said Ozment, convicted of killing a store clerk in DeSoto… entered by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/30/12 |
This Is What Ugly Looks Like, FolksWhen I got in this morning, one of my writers had emailed me about a new Facebook page bashing the Jackson Free Press—apparently because the folks on it are sore for not winning Best of Jackson awards. entered by DonnaLadd on 01/26/12 |
Pardongate’s Fancy Lawyer Tricks
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Hinds Judge Grants Extension in Pardon CaseThis 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. entered by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/23/12 | read more » Barbour Pardons Helped Many More Whites Than BlacksI'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… entered by DonnaLadd on 01/20/12 |
HOOD: 156 of Barbour’s Pardons Did Not Meet Legal Rules
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will ask a circuit court judge on Jan. 23 to invalidate the pardons of at least 10 felons whom ex-Gov. Haley Barbour granted clemency before leaving office.
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The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.
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by R.L. Nave
Jan. 19, 2012
by Ronni Mott
Gov. Haley Barbour's office just sent this statement in response to the state and national outcry over his pardons and grants of clemency. It is reprinted here verbatim:
Also see: 
by Ronni Mott
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Feb 22, 2012 | 03:41 PMHip-Hop on 'The Help'
justjess: @ Duan C. "Now you know me and you go way back like chuck taylors,...." Acknowledgement given: Acknowledgement accepted. LOL! Now to get back on point. There isn't any way to "escape the ...
Feb 22, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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Lorenzo D. Gayden: to my fellow 833 BullDawg; the argument that you make is akin to saying that the cigarettes you smoke were made with the best paper and tobacco, taste really smooth, and ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 10:51 PM
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Duan C.: @ Justjess Now you know me and you go way back like chuck taylors, but here is my rebuttal. Yes the story of what those women endured should have been told. But, can we escape the 50's ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 09:00 PM
Hip-Hop on 'The Help'
justjess: @ 833 Maple "....this was a piece of fiction" If you talk to anyone who was a black maid, as a matter of fact, all maids in Jackson were black. The stories are the same. This was a ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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justjess: Duan C., I feel you but I cna't reach you. The Help's story has not been told. It has been but a few years that black women working in these jobs had any voice at all. These stories did ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 08:29 PM
A Win for the State's 'Power Brokers'
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Feb 21, 2012 | 02:18 PM
A Win for the State's 'Power Brokers'
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Feb 21, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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Duan C.: I'm being brutally honest with what I'm about to say and I'm not looking for favor points or looking to make waves at the same time. My biggest issue with "The Help" is that it touches on ...
Feb 20, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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833WMaple: ...so should the story remain "untold"??? ..I'm sorry but I read the book and saw the movie twice and I'm not offended by the fact that Stockett wrote this book..... this was a piece of ...
Feb 20, 2012 | 09:42 AM
Pardongate: Continuum
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