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May 1, 2008

Lawyers want to stop Miss. execution

WJTV, 4/30/8 Attorneys for death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry are asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to stop his execution, which Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wants set for Monday. Berry’s attorneys claim he’s “mentally disabled” and the state’s lethal injection procedure is unconstitutional. If his attorneys are successful, this would be the second time…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 1, 2008

Hospitals again call for tobacco tax

The Sun Herald, 4/30/8 The Mississippi Hospital Association is calling on Gov. Haley Barbour to include a tobacco tax in the special session for Medicaid. The association issued a statement Wednesday asking the governor to put all options on the table during the special session. Barbour hasn’t set a date to call lawmakers back to…