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May 2, 2008

Melton has yet to pay overdue property taxes

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/2/8 In February, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton told The Clarion-Ledger that he’d pay his past-due property taxes in March. In March, he said he’d pay them in April. And now, in May, Melton still has not paid the taxes on his home in northeast Jackson. He and his wife, Ellen, owe Hinds County…
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May 2, 2008

Hood still pursuing execution

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/2/8 Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on Thursday continued seeking the execution of convicted killer Earl Wesley Berry by saying the state’s lethal injection method is “substantially similar” to one recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. To further his point, Hood used testimony from a key prison official who said the two…