Skeptical Brotha (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Hat Tip: By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writer Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday after being injured in a car accident near his home in Mississippi. Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Kathy Stringer said Freeman, 71, is in serious condition. The hospital is about 90 miles north of the accident scene [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
TheStar.com | entertainment | Morgan Freeman in 'good spirits' surgery Morgan Freeman in 'good spirits' surgery Aug 05, 2008 05:28 PM Holbrook Mohr THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJACKSON, MISS. – Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand following a car wreck Sunday night, his publicist said.The surgery Monday night "lasted approximately...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
CELEBRITY TheStar.com | Movies | Actor expected to recover from crash Actor expected to recover from crashOBED ZILWA/AP PHOTO Oscar winner Morgan Freeman made his latest movie, 10 Items or Less, available online while it was still in theatres. Morgan Freeman, 71, in hospital after car flips, breaking his bonesAug 05, 2008 04:30 AM Holbrook Mohr Associated PressJACKSON, MISS.–Oscar-winning...
PointOfLaw Forum (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
What other illegalities has Richard ("Dickie") Scruggs committed besides the one that's sending him to prison? According to the AP's Holbrook Mohr (via), in Scruggs's deposition in the ongoing McIntosh v. State Farm lawsuit, the insurer's attorneys "'alleged activity of...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
By By Holbrook Mohr - July 24, 2008 PARCHMAN -- Dale Leo Bishop has been executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary for his role in the claw hammer killing of Marcus James Gentry. Corrections spokeswoman Tara Booth says Bishop died by lethal injection at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday with members of Gentry's family in attendance. Bishop had hoped the U.S. Supreme Court or Mississippi's governor...
Sons of Sam (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
By Holbrook Mohr Associated Press Writer JACKSON — The next condemned prisoner likely to face execution in Mississippi is Gerald James Holland, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of... The amusement of Joe Kerekes and Harlow Cuadra murdering Brian Kocis. In the end they both will pay for their sins. http://www.sonsofsam-gluttony.blogspot.com/
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By HOLBROOK MOHR - July 23 PARCHMAN - Dale Leo Bishop has been executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary for his role in the claw hammer killing of Marcus James Gentry of Fulton. Corrections spokeswoman Tara Booth says Bishop died by lethal injection at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday with members of Gentry's family in attendance. Bishop had hoped the U.S. Supreme Court or Mississippi's governor...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
By HOLBROOK MOHR - July 22, 2008 JACKSON - Mississippi's method of lethal injection is "substantially similar" to a protocol affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court and does not violate constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment, a split panel of federal judges ruled Monday. The panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans refused to delay the execution...
Insurance Coverage Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Judge "Maximum Neal" Biggers today sentenced Zach Scruggs to 14 months in prison for his role in the Scruggs Bribery Scandal. Actually, it was not the maximum he could have received -- three years was the max. According to this Associated Press story by Holbrook Mohr , the younger Scruggs seemed surprised. Here is a transcript of Zach Scruggs' sentencing hearing , at the website of the...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
By HOLBROOK MOHR - July 1 JACKSON - The new director of an agency that represents Mississippi death row inmates claimed in court papers Monday that his predecessor sabotaged the cases of condemned prisoners by failing to present pertinent evidence. One of those inmates was executed in May. Glen S. Swartzfager, the new director of the state Office of Post Conviction Counsel, made the
