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January 3, 2009

Pickering recruited to lobby

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/2/9 Former Rep. Ronnie Shows hopes the man who took his job in Congress, Rep. Chip Pickering, will join forces with him in the lobbying business. Shows, a Democrat, was forced to run against Republican Pickering in 2002 when the state lost a congressional district to reapportionment. Shows lost that race by 29…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 3, 2009

Diaz makes compelling plea on death penalty

The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 1/2/9 MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. did not go out with a whisper. He ended his career on the bench with a dissent in the case of Doss vs. State, issued in mid-December, that was a plea to end the death penalty. Diaz’ argument was primarily a moral one:…