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October 24, 2008

Mabus, Barbour stumping for candidates

The Clarion-Ledger, 10/23/8 The quest by Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama for toss-up Virginia has gone country. McCain is looking to run up enormous margins in rural Republican strongholds. Obama is fighting just as hard to stay in play. How country has it gone? At the same moment on Tuesday, current and former…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 24, 2008

Seale ruling may hurt cases

The Clarion-Ledger, 10/23/8 Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be impacted by a federal appeals court’s decision to overturn a conviction in a 1964 kidnapping case. The Justice Department wants the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the ruling that acquitted a reputed Klansman in the…