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April 22, 2008

Hood asks high court to reschedule Berry execution

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/22/8 Earl Wesley Berry’s execution was stopped in October just hours short of his lethal injection for killing Mary Bounds in Chickasaw County. Monday, Attorney General Jim Hood filed a motion with the Mississippi Supreme Court to set a new date so that Berry can be executed by May 5.…
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April 22, 2008

Congress may halt Medicaid fund cuts

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/22/8 Congress could consider as early as today a possible moratorium on proposed federal cuts to Medicaid that would further dent the state’s coffers and impact thousands of Mississippians served by the program. Some key state lawmakers are hoping their counterparts in Washington will make a final decision on whether to implement the…