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Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor 1 Jimmy Lee Gray: White 34 M September 2, 1983 Jackson: Gas chamber [a] Deressa Jean Scales William Winter: 2 Edward Earl Johnson: Black 26 M May 20, 1987 Leake: Walnut Grove police officer J. T. Trest William Allain: 3 Connie Ray Evans: Black 27 M July 8, 1987 Hinds: Arun Pahwa 4 Leo E ...
[5] [15] Previously Unit 17 housed MSP's male death row. [16] On March 18, 1998 the legislature made another amendment, removing the gas chamber as a method of execution. [13] The lethal injection table was first used in 2002. [9] Since 1976, Mississippi has executed fewer prisoners than six other southern states despite comparable homicide rates.
Approximately four hours before the scheduled time of execution on May 7, 2013, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to grant Manning a stay of execution. The judges gave no reason for this decision. [54] On July 25, 2013, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed its earlier 5–4 ruling preventing the testing of fingerprints and DNA evidence.
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Willie McGee (c. 1916 – May 8, 1951) was an African American man from Laurel, Mississippi, who was sentenced to death in 1945 and executed on Tuesday, May 8, 1951, after being controversially convicted for the rape of a white woman on November 2, 1945. [1] [2] [3] McGee's legal case became a cause célèbre that attracted worldwide attention ...
MS Attorney General Lynn Fitch is seeking execution dates for two men convicted of multiple murders in the 1990s. Mississippi Atorney General seeks execution of 2 men convicted of 1990s murders ...
James Lamar Roberts Jr. (born June 8, 1945) [1] is an American retired jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1992 to 1999. [2]Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Roberts received a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1971, [3] and served as the prosecuting attorney for Pontotoc County, Mississippi from 1972 to 1983.
According to state figures, as of June, 1,423 families and 2,522 individuals are receiving federal welfare grants administered by Mississippi, a state where 548,000 people live in poverty. Show ...