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July 22, 2010

Governor Haley Barbour denies clemency to death row inmate to be executed tonight

STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR BARBOUR ON JOSEPH DANIEL BURNS “Having reviewed the petition for clemency, I have not found any justification to interfere with the carrying out of Mr. Burns’ sentence. I will not substitute my judgment for that of the courts, which have considered the matter.” Governor Haley Barbour Press Release 7/21/10
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July 21, 2010

State Farm files motion to have feds return their docs that might have been seized from Scruggs

NMC had on his site today that State Farm filed a motion in the original Scruggs criminal case to compel the US Attorneys Office to return any documents that might have been seized when Scruggs offices were raided in November 2007. This has some potential implications for the Qui Tam lawsuit in that the crux…