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February 13, 2017

SALTER: #msleg pushing back hard against death penalty lawsuits

SID SALTER: Alternate execution method bill ignores larger death penalty debate House Bill 638 is the reaction to litigation filed challenging the “cruel and unusual punishment” aspects of lethal injection. Most of those legal challenges were filed as a delaying tactic to thwart the imposition of the death penalty. For good or ill, state legislatures…
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February 13, 2017

Congressman Thompson calls for new investigation in Emmett Till case

U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson calls for new investigation in Emmett Till case TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, Miss. — U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson is calling for a new investigation into the Emmett Till murder case. Thompson specifically said he wants the government to look into the woman at the center of the case, Carolyn Bryant. Byrant admitted to…