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January 23, 2012

SH – From babies to beer, new bills in hopper

From babies to beer, new bills in hopper State Rep. Richard Bennett is drafting a bill that would eliminate conjugal visits for state prison inmates, a practice more or less invented at the State Penitentiary at Parchman back in the early 1900s. “We are, I understand, about to build new rooms and buildings for this,”…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2012

Vague advice threatens dozens of Barbour’s pardons

Vague advice threatens dozens of Barbour’s pardons In the legal showdown over the convicted killers pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, dozens of people who served time years ago for lesser crimes could lose the chance to clear their records because the state Parole Board and local newspapers provided vague advice about how to…