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August 20, 2008

Prosecutors should move forward or say it’s over

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/20/8 The current set of guilty pleas in federal court in the Northern District of Mississippi by Georgia executives with the The Facility Group is a head scratcher. As I understand it, the executives’ guilty pleas are for giving campaign contributions to then-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove because they thought it…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 20, 2008

Castle doctrine: Law is not a ‘free pass’ to kill

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/20/8 The recent fatal shooting by a Jackson convenience store clerk of a man who allegedly stole a case of beer fulfills some of the worst fears of those who opposed passage of the so-called “Castle law.” The 2006 Legislature approved Senate Bill 2426, based on The Castle Doctrine that “every man’s…