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Innocence Project attorneys, activists and a man who served 12 years in Parchman for a crime he did not commit are calling for a radical overhaul of the state’s criminal-justice system in order to keep innocent Mississippians out of prison. Part of that overhaul, the Innocence Project says, is to revoke the medical license of Dr. Steven Hayne, the de facto autopsy expert in the state who has filled the role of state medical examiner in an unofficial capacity.
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A spring storm went overboard last Friday, spawning about five tornados in the Jackson area and leaving a large portion of the city and some adjoining communities without power well into the following week. Hinds County Emergency Operation Director Larry Fisher called the storm the worst thing to hit the city since the Easter flood of 1979—another meteorological disaster spurred by frumpy spring weather.
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After months of controversy stemming from a sexual harassment charge by a male educator, JPS Superintendent Earl Watkins announced tonight that he is resigning, effective June 2009.
2:45 p.m.—(JACKSON, Mississippi) - Governor Haley Barbour today declared a State of Emergency for 12 Mississippi counties following a severe weather system and tornadoes which hit parts of Central Mississippi, including the Jackson Metro area. The Governor announced the State of Emergency while touring neighborhoods in Northeast Jackson, which were among the hardest-hit areas from Friday’s storm and tornadoes.
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Despite the weather, all is well at Regal Cinemas Parkway Place, the Mississippi Museum of Art and Hal and Mal's. All events are on schedule and the Crossroads "show" will go on!
Crossroads Highlights This Weekend:
If you haven't make it out, come spend the weekend with us. Buy your All-Access Pass or tickets at the Parkway Place Box Office throughout the festival. Box Office sales are Cash or Check only. If you bought tickets for Will Call while they were on sale online, the Will Call pick up table is inside the Parkway Place lobby, or the Museum of Art Saturday for the Workshops, and Hal & Mal's when you arrive at the party.
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Jackson State University President Ronald Mason Jr. was full of apologies regarding the university’s recent failed attempt to push an eminent-domain “quick-take” bill through the Mississippi Legislature. The bill would have allowed the JSU Development Foundation to claim property for the school’s expansion over a 50-acre area. Legislators like Sen. Alice Harden and Rep. Alyce Clarke, both of Jackson, helped kill the bill after protesters swamped their offices.
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[Jackson, Miss.] The Jackson Free Press and The Clarion-Ledger announced the acquisition of the Jackson Free Press, Inc., by Gannett River States, Inc., the holding company of the Jackson-based Gannett property.
The new publication will be named "The Jackson Ledger."
"We're very excited by the opportunity," said Jackson Free Press publisher and co-founder Todd Stauffer. "We've felt a little like an Ole Miss sorority girl without a date, particularly ever since the C-L bought VIP. I mean, as if."
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Straight talk was the theme at a March 27 town hall meeting on Jackson crime at the Board of Education auditorium in downtown Jackson. The meeting, hosted by the Jackson Police Officers Association and the Jackson Free Press, featured Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin, Assistant Chief Lee Vance, former Assistant Chief Edna Drake, Rev. Hosea Hines, and Det. Juan Cloy and David Domino of the police union. Hinds County DA Robert Smith was also slated to be on the panel, but his assistant called just before the event to say he wouldn’t attend. City Councilman Margaret Barrett-Simon canceled earlier the day of the event.
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Apr 12, 08 | 10:38 am Court System, Autopsy Expert Slammed savebrettjones: "And obviously his lack of education did not hamper his use of the weapon which took the victim's life. "
Clark, there was no weapon ever linked to the boy, the crime or the body. It was not even determined what kind of knife was used or who used...
Apr 11, 08 | 10:47 pm Court System, Autopsy Expert Slammed savebrettjones: Clark, in Edmonds v Mississippi, the Supreme Court stated:
"there was no showing that Dr. Hayne's testimony was based not on opinion or speculations but rather on scientific methods and procedures."
Based on that information, what...
Apr 11, 08 | 4:27 pm Court System, Autopsy Expert Slammed clarkkent: SaveBrett, the fact that the defendant was 15 does not make the victim any less dead. And obviously his lack of education did not hamper his use of the weapon which took the victim's life. Obviously his account of his actions did not convince the...
Apr 11, 08 | 1:24 pm Court System, Autopsy Expert Slammed golden eagle '97: Finally, the last paragraph of Tucker's blog is quite revealing. Based upon the words he wrote, he has no problem with a guilty person being set free.
I'm not sure he meant it in that context. I could be wrong, of course, but what I think...
Apr 11, 08 | 1:11 pm Court System, Autopsy Expert Slammed savebrettjones: an btw Clark, since "Dr" Hayne testified in the Brett Jones case that he knew what a defensive wound looked like I'm just wondering, do you know if there is any scientific evidence to back that up? Or is that just conjecture and opinion?...
Apr 11, 08 | 1:00 pm Court System, Autopsy Expert Slammed savebrettjones: yes, clark, the 15 year old boy with an 8th grade education and no criminal past who had spent the previous 9 months trying to survive in the Tupelo County Detention Center (the youngest one there) did testify on his own behalf. He was the only...
Apr 11, 08 | 12:38 pm Clarion-Ledger Buys, Renames 'JFP' (April Fools) Ironghost: Dang, too many comments to reply to at once.
Then how come, oh illuminated ones, why is it Fifth according to one person and another calls it in at #29?...
Apr 11, 08 | 12:29 pm Clarion-Ledger Buys, Renames 'JFP' (April Fools) Ironghost: For those of us who got bored with such attention to details way back in 10th grade, what's the difference?
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Apr 11, 08 | 12:29 pm Clarion-Ledger Buys, Renames 'JFP' (April Fools) L.W.: I think the correct way to type it is "Web site" because Web is short for the World Wide Web, which is always capitalized, and "site" is an additional noun to narrow it down to one site instead of the entire Web. I checked...
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