Lawyers discuss bond in death penalty retrial
Former death row inmate Michelle Byrom’s attorney says a judge could consider whether to release her on bond while she awaits her second trial in her husband’s death in 1999.
AG Hood seeks answers on Byrom ruling
Attorney General Jim Hood is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to explain why it threw out the conviction of a death row inmate in the slaying of her husband.
Court refuses to set Byrom’s execution date
The Mississippi Supreme Court refused Thursday to set execution date for death row inmate Michelle Byrom, whose attorneys say they have discovered new evidence in her case.
Parties dismiss suit over execution drug info
The Mississippi Department of Corrections and attorneys for a death row inmate have agreed to dismiss a lawsuit over release of information on execution drugs and suppliers.
Miss. inmate sues over execution drug info
Lawyers for a woman facing the death penalty in Mississippi say the state isn’t telling them enough about where it’s getting execution drugs and how it plans to use them.
Mississippi death penalty case before U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Jan. 10 whether to hear an appeal from a woman on Mississippi’s death row who is seeking a new trial in the slaying of her husband based on claims that she was abused.