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April 13, 2009

Gov. mansion trusty pardon legislation on hold

Gov. mansion trusty pardon legislation on hold Efforts by Coast lawmakers to require public hearings before the governor may pardon an incarcerated person have failed for this legislative session, but the legislators say they’ll bring it up again next year. The measure was in response to the public outcry that arose in South Mississippi in…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 13, 2009

Forrest court zips through cases

Forrest court zips through cases When Forrest County Circuit Judge Bob Helfrich took office in 2003, for a moment, he thought he’d gotten himself into more than he could handle. Helfrich said he inherited a clogged judicial system – one where cases barely went to trial and docket entries weren’t properly documented. News of the…