Brooksville NewsLocal news for Brooksville, MS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Lawyer calls for autopsy review- February 27, 2008 "This further review is even more important in Tina's case because of the strange manner in which Dr. Hayne reached his conclusion" An attorney for a New York woman charged with manslaughter in the 2003 death of her 3-year-old daughter in Jackson wants the state to review the autopsy findings. via The Clarion-Ledgerhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/lawyer-calls-for-autopsy-review?fromrss=1 DNA evidence could free inmate- February 25, 2008 "No one wants an innocent person in prison for a crime if he didn't commit it." Arthur Johnson, who has spent 15 years behind bars, could be the next Mississippi inmate freed from prison because of DNA evidence. via The Clarion-Ledgerhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/dna-evidence-could-free-inmate?fromrss=1 Baber-Pugh engagement- February 23, 2008 The engagement of Kristin Paige Baber of Pascagoula and Parker Nelson Pugh of Brooksville has been announced. via The Mississippi Presshttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/baber-pugh-engagement?fromrss=1 Investment price of death penalty- February 21, 2008 "These two guys were both convicted of capital murder ... and both of them are completely innocent" As reported in The Clarion-Ledger on Sunday, two cases only a few miles apart but both involving expert forensic testimony and DNA evidence have created a furor. via The Clarion-Ledgerhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/investment-price-of-death-penalty?fromrss... Bite-mark expert's findings scrutinized- February 19, 2008 "These two guys were both convicted of capital murder because of the testimony of Dr. West, and both of them are completely innocent" More than 20 Mississippians have gone to prison, at least in part, because of the testimony of controversial bite-mark expert Dr. via The Clarion-Ledgerhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/bite-mark-experts-findings-scrutinized?fr... Kemper County Authorities Locate Final Jail Escapee- February 18, 2008 "Escapes happen but if you escape from The Kemper County Jail we are going remain vigilant. We are going to work hard and ensure that you don't sleep sound because when you do we are going to tap you on the shoulder" Kemper County authorities have recovered the second and final inmate that escaped from the Kemper-Neshoba Regional Jail late last month. via WTOK-TV Meridianhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/kemper-county-authorities-locate-final-ja... Justice served, albeit long delayed- February 18, 2008 "Nothing I can say can give him back the time taken from him or the loss." JUSTICE - LONG DELAYED - was served Friday when Kennedy Brewer was exonerated in the kidnapping and murder of a 3-year-old Mississippi girl. via Hattiesburg Americanhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/justice-served-albeit-long-delayed?fromrs... Brooks, like Brewer, soon to be exonerated- February 17, 2008 "Fifteen years of nightmare and the nightmare is finally over." Until Friday morning, 18-year-old Shonterica Pippin had never seen her father outside of prison. via Commercial Dispatchhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/brooks-like-brewer-soon-to-be-exonerated?... Man May Be Exonerated in Child Murder- February 12, 2008 "If the man is innocent, I want him out" The three men all lived in the same small town where two little girls were brutally killed in the early 1990s. Two of the men were convicted and went to prison. Now, the third man has allegedly confessed he alone committed both crimes.Kennedy Brewer could be exonerated this week of the 1992 rape and murder of 3-year-old Christine Jackson. Last week, authorities charged Justin Albert Johnson, 51, in the child's death.A hearing has been scheduled for...http://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/man-may-be-exonerated-in-child-murder?fro... DNA evidence set clear two Noxubee County men convicted of rape and murder- February 11, 2008 "In two decades of working on these cases, we have never seen a more stark and troubling example of a rush to judgment at the hands of notorious forensic analysts who conspired to commit fraud" Two men claiming they were wrongfully convicted in Noxubee County of raping and killing 3-year-old girls in the 1990s could be cleared in court this week, according to The Innocence Project, a group of lawyers ... via Commercial Dispatchhttp://www.topix.net/city/brooksville-ms/2008/02/dna-evidence-set-clear-two-noxubee-county... |