Willie Manning shows why death penalty must end
OPINION - Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning on May 7...
Hair sample holds key to condemned man's fate
PARCHMAN, Miss. - Attorneys for a death row inmate convicted of killing two college students in 1992 are hoping that a hair sample holds the key to exonerating their client...
Death row DNA test denied for Miss. inmate
theGRIO REPORT - A Mississippi inmate has been denied requests for DNA testing and he is set to be executed on Tuesday...
Tests link deadly ricin to Obama letters suspect
TUPELO, Mississippi (AP) - Ricin has been found in a business once used by the man charged in the case of letters laced with the deadly poison that were sent to President Barack Obama...
Hearing held in case of poisoned letters mailed to Obama
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man charged with making a deadly poison sent to President Barack Obama and others was ordered held without bond until a hearing later this week when prosecutors are expected to describe what evidence they have against him...
Mayoral candidate admits past as a prostitute
theGRIO REPORT - Linda Fondren, a candidate running for mayor in Vicksburg, Miss., recently opened up about her employment record and admitted to a past life as a prostitute...
Man accused of mailing poisoned letter to Obama released
OXFORD, Mississippi (AP) - The man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi state judge was released from jail on Tuesday...
Miss. man charged with sending poison letters to Obama, others
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin has been charged with threatening President Barack Obama and others...
What infamous civil rights cases need closure?
OPINION - America’s civil rights history evokes a sense of pride and accomplishment, given the hard-fought battles waged in the courtroom and in the streets, and those who were maimed and martyred in the process...
Miss. cop, suspect shot, killed inside police HQ
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Stunned police officials in Jackson, Miss., are trying to determine how a suspect was able to shoot and kill a homicide detective inside an interrogation room at police headquarters — and how the suspect himself ended up dead.
