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Local activists, families ask judges to consider parole for habitual offenders with nonviolent felonies Anthony Swift of the Clay County NAACP speaks about how Mississippi s House Bill 585 would allow the four people who are currently incarcerated, whose photos are held by family and NAACP representatives, to be eligible for parole in West Point on Thursday. The bill gives judges the authority to recommend those habitual offenders convicted of nonviolent felonies to parole boards. Family members of four such offenders are asking local circuit court judges to make those recommendations for their loved ones. Photo by: Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
WEST POINT When Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have made up to 2,000 nonviolent offenders eligible for parole earlier this month, family members of those inmates set aside their disappointment to search for other options.
clive knew that forrest allgood would likely call on the help of state medical examiner stephen hayne for sabrina s second trial. hayne performed 1,700 autopsies a year in mississippi, six times the recommended average. hayne had testified on behalf of forrest allgood a number of times in cases because, you know, forrest allgood was always seeking the death penalty. dr. haynes, he has a history of working for prosecutors, often reaching the conclusions he thinks they expect him to reach. hayne and his team reportedly smoked cigars and ate sandwiches while working on cadavers, leading his practice to be called a sushi shop and a sausage factory. i think that if he had come into the courtroom and given some strong opinion, that s really dangerous because you re kind of friendly with forrest allgood. i wanted to make sure that he didn t show up as a witness for the other side. in a surprising move, clive
that is engraved in stone. they called me on the intercom and said, you have a call from your attorney. clive said, well, i got some good news for you, and i was like what? he s like, your case has been turned over. i was running and screaming and running through the dog gone hallway and stuff. i didn t want to go back in that cell because i was like, it s over with. you know, finally, they saw the truth, you know. but another trial could land sabrina back on death row. so clive sought a plea deal and soon found himself in a face to face meeting with district attorney forrest allgood. of growth opportunities.take e with a level of protection in down markets. so you can be less concerned about your retirement savings. talk with your advisor about shield annuities from brighthouse financial- established by metlife.
i met sabrina at the women s prison just outside jackson, mississippi. she was just this scared girl. she had lost her child. she d lost her liberty. she was facing execution. so i guess my first meeting with her was just to try and get her to stop crying. clive was god-sent. clive would bring me artwork, you know, pencil and paper, stuff like that. and he always would see the lighter side and make me laugh and, you know, show me that i was human. clive immediately set to work on sabrina s appeals, looking for any mistakes made by district attorney forrest allgood. forrest was just a very dedicated prosecutor. he tried everybody, okay? black, white, yellow, green,