Man charged in priest’s death found dead in jail
JACKSON — A man accused of killing a Roman Catholic priest and taking the victim’s car on a family vacation to Walt Disney World was found dead early Thursday in a prison cell with a sheet wrapped around his neck.
AG’s office offers money to find pardoned trusty
JACKSON — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday that his office is willing to pay confidential informants for information that helps him track down a convicted killer pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour.
No files on pardoned Mississippi killers
JACKSON — Pardon files are missing or don’t exist for four convicted killers and another man who worked as trusties at the Governor’s Mansion and were pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office.
Judge delays decision on pardoned inmates
JACKSON — A Mississippi judge on Monday delayed a decision on whether to invalidate some pardons, including those of convicted killers, issued by Haley Barbour in his final days as governor.
Judge to hear pardons challenge from Hood
JACKSON — A Hinds County judge will hear arguments from Attorney General Jim Hood who is challenging dozens of pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour.
Feds claim most of state’s $20M settlement
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has asked the federal government to give him until Jan. 30 to file documents supporting Mississippi’s effort to keep $17 million from a settlement with pharmaceutical companies accused of inflating wholesale prices.
Hood: Judge should invalidate some Barbour pardons
JACKSON — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Tuesday he’ll ask a state judge next week to revoke several pardons Haley Barbour issued in his final days as governor, including those for five convicts who worked as trusties at the Governor’s Mansion.
Hood: Some pardoned by Barbour gave proper notice
JACKSON — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he won’t challenge the pardons of 13 people who met a state constitutional requirement to publish a notice that they were seeking a pardon. The state constitution says the notice must be published for at least 30 days in a newspaper in or a near the county where the crime occurred.
Lowndes inmate one of 21 whose release is challenged by AG
Twenty-one inmates who received pardons or other reprieves from former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour remain in custody until a court battle is resolved over whether Barbour properly handled their orders to go free.
Local convicts among Barbour pardons
A man serving a life sentence for his murder conviction in Lowndes County Circuit Court is among those who would have been given a reprieve when former Gov. Haley Barbour granted more than 200 pardons.
Court blocks inmates’ release
JACKSON — A Mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who’d been given pardons or medical release by Republican Haley Barbour in one of his final acts as governor.
Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued an injunction late Wednesday at the request of Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood.
Hood pushes for ‘smarter,’ preventative measures against crime in ’11
For Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, an ounce of crime prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Barbour hires private attorney to sue over health care
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says it will probably be mid-May when he joins a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal health care overhaul.
AG wants more time to study health care law before filing suit
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he needs more time to evaluate a new federal health care law before deciding whether to challenge it in court.