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September 16, 2010

Jerry Mitchell – Innocent man died in Mississippi prison

Jerry Mitchell – Innocent man died in Mississippi prison HATTIESBURG — Larry Ruffin spent 23 years behind bars for a rape and murder that DNA shows he did not commit, but he will never walk free from prison. He died in 2002. “Every time I think about it, tears come to my eyes,” said Ernestine…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 16, 2010

Ole Miss student faces deportation for revealing illegal status

Ole Miss student faces deportation for revealing illegal status Rebels are plentiful at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Patricia Pacheco, 22, a third-year student there, is in the uphill fight of her life. Growing up poor with a single mother in southern Florida, she knew she couldn’t afford a car, but she at least…