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Survivors of Murdered Women File Suit

by Ronni Mott
July 16, 2008

The families of two women murdered last September by the men who professed their love for them say they have yet to receive justice. Both families have filed civil lawsuits in what they see as failures of Mississippi’s criminal…

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Mother Stabbed to Death by Children’s Father

by Ronni Mott
April 15, 2008

A young mother of six, Tracy Collier, is the latest victim of domestic violence in Jackson. Police found Collier, 33, stabbed to death in her yard at 2408 Brookside Drive on Monday, April 14. As a final indignity, her accused…

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Good News for Victims

by Candy Hagwood and Ronni Mott
October 3, 2007

Announcing some good news on the domestic violence front, Attorney General Jim Hood says that the Domestic Violence Division has made significant progress in educating the state's law enforcement, judges and attorneys. In the past year, the…

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It Won’t Happen to Me

by Ronni Mott
September 19, 2007

Why George Bell III stopped bludgeoning Heather Spencer on that June night is anyone's guess. Perhaps his hammer slipped out of his hand as Spencer's blood made it slick. Perhaps he came to his senses. Perhaps Spencer was…

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Doris Shavers Killed in Domestic Dispute

WAPT is reporting that Doris Shavers, 40, has died after being shot in the head, allegedly by Henry Phillips in a domestic dispute last night on Ludlow Street. While Shavers was in UMC fighting for her life, police had originally charged Henry Philips, 50, with aggravated assault, a felony,…

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:: coverstories Mississippi Pardongate: What’s Next? By R.L. Nave February 1, 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 fiancée, LaChina Tillman, an engineer with defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman. read more » » The Barbour Pardons: How We Got Here » The Color of Clemency » Woman on a Mission » Domestic Terrorism: Stalked to the Death » Starting Again: Mississippi Laws Trap Women In Abuse » Did She Have To Die? 13 » Grant Me Justice: Two Women Killed in Two Weeks 36 » What Can You Do? 1 » Are You An Abuser? 1 » Safety Plan more cover stories »
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:: opinioncolumns [Editorial] Save ‘Violence Against Women Act’ April 11, 2012 Next on conservatives' list of things to drown in the bathtub of "big government extravagance" is the Violence Against Women Act. Bill Clinton signed VAWA into law in 1994, providing just over $1.5 billion to help investigate and prosecute perpetrators of violence against women,… read more » » [Barkley] Act on Your Beliefs, Guv 1 » [Editorial] Barbour’s Shameful Pardons » [Editorial] Please Help » [Kamikaze] Here’s to You 1 » [White] The War at Home 1 » [Editorial] Of Contracts, Broken » [Editor’s Note] The Art of Denial 5 » [Editorial] Don’t Feed the Stalker 1 » [Dennis] Mimic Registers 1 » [Kamikaze] Condemn the Cowardice 14 » [Editorial] Don’t Soft-Pedal Domestic Abuse » [Purvis] Wasteland of Empty Promises » [Editor’s Note] Hole-Filled Souls 1 » [Editorial] Women’s Fund Gets It Wrong … Twice 2 » [Editor’s Note] Happiness Worth Celebrating 2 » [Mott] Happiness Worth Celebrating 2 » [Mott] Not One More Victim 3 » [Editor’s Note] The Path of Least Drama » [Ronni’s Note] A Good Woman Lives Here 30 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 ...

Survivors of Murdered Women File Suit

Mother Stabbed to Death by Children’s Father

Good News for Victims

It Won’t Happen to Me

Doris Shavers Killed in Domestic Dispute

Mississippi Pardongate: What’s Next?

[Editorial] Save ‘Violence Against Women Act’

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