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December 24, 2012

Cochran could advance on one of two committees

Cochran could advance on one of two committees Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, whose term as top Republican on the Appropriations Committee is expiring, may pursue a position as the highest-ranking GOP member on a different key committee. Under Senate rules, Cochran’s term as ranking member on the powerful Appropriations panel will expire in January after…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 24, 2012

Miss. death row inmate continues pursuit of new trial

Death row inmate continues pursuit of new trial JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi attorney general’s office has until Jan. 10 to respond to a death row inmate’s ongoing effort to win a new trial for the killing of two university students in 1992. On Dec. 3, Willie Jerome Manning asked U.S. Supreme Court to…