June 26
MISSISSIPPI:
3 accused in child's death to appear in court Monday
3 Mississippi teenagers charged in connection with the shooting death of a
6-year-old boy are scheduled to appear in court Monday.
Madison County Justice Court Judge Bruce McKinley will consider the case
Nov. 3
MISSISSIPPI:
Prentiss man re-sentenced to life without parole in officer's death
Circuit Judge Prentiss Harrell has re-sentenced inmate Cory Maye to life
in prison without early release or parole in the killing a Prentiss police
officer.
District Attorney Hal Kittrell announced
Dec. 12
MISSISSIPPIimpending execution
Clemency for killer rejected
Condemned killer John B. Nixon Sr.'s last hope for avoiding execution
Wednesday now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court after Gov. Haley Barbour
denied his clemency request.
I find nothing to convince me that clemency
URGENT ACTION APPEAL5 December 2005
UA 304/05 Death Penalty/ legal concern
USA /Mississippi: John Nixon
John Nixon (m), white, aged 77, is scheduled to be executed on 14 December
2005. He was sentenced to death in 1986 for the murder of Virginia Tucker
in January 1985. Nixon's current
June 25
MISSISSIPPI:
Court rejects death sentence appeal
Inmate Blayde Grayson contended his attorneys failed to do all they could
to prevent the imposition of the death penalty, but the Mississippi
Supreme Court said Thursday the lawyers were only following Grayson's
instructions.
The
August 27
MISSISSIPPI:
Retardation claim is deniedState high court also revises decision on
hearings for mentally retarded inmates
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday refused to allow condemned
inmate William L. Wiley to pursue a claim of mental retardation in DeSoto
County.
Jan. 16
MISSISSIPPI:
High court to review death-row appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a closer look at the appeal of
Mississippi inmate Stephen Elliot Powers, sentenced to death for the 1998
killing of a University of Southern Mississippi student.
The justices were initially
Feb. 18
MISSISSIPPI:
Ocean Springs Murder Appeal Rejected By High Court
The Mississippi Supreme Court has rejected arguments from a convicted
murderer that a 4-year delay between his arrest and trial was a violation
of his constitutional rights. Michael Shane Manix was convicted of
