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Sherwood Brown: From death row at Parchman to freedom
Even after DNA testing showed he wasn’t the suspect who killed the three women in the Boyd family, it still took years for Sherwood Brown to get his release from custody.
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Senate committee kills second effort to shutter Mississippi’s 124-year-old prison
Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.
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This week in politics: Parchman Farm bill dies in committee
Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, to phase out Mississippi's 124-year-old ... Parchman's inmate population and employees to another prison while keeping death row, the hospital and some other services ...
Louisiana approves nitrogen hypoxia for executions, following Alabama’s lead
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has adopted new execution protocols, including the use of nitrogen ...
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US Supreme Court denies certiorari review of case against man convicted of killing Clinton woman
NOWHUTTO IS HEADING TO MISSISSIPPIDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS... HISATTORNEY SAYS HE PLANS ... TRIAL SHE The U.S. Supreme Court has denied certiorari review for a Mississippi death row inmate.James Cobb ...
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This is why Tennessee's prison population is increasing, according to experts
Tennessee's prison population has increased in recent ... As of November, 45 men and one woman were serving time on death row, while 385 people were serving life without parole.