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The affidavit that was the basis for the search warrant of Dr. Smith’s home and office is now available, and has some interesting details about what happened that night and of a statement by the intruder into Abraham’s office who survived the incident. Lee Abraham got a telephone call from someone who offered to [...]  Mike Gillich has died. Here’s the story in the Sun Herald. Gillich operated strip joints on the Gulf Coast, and was deeply connected to the Dixie Mafia. He was convicted in the effort to hire a hit on circuit judge Vincent Sherry, and later became a government witness in convicted Biloxi mayor Pete Halat [...] That’s the Greenwood Commonwealth front page today. Smith is on the left. The quote in the title is from the Greenwood police chief, describing how things went wrong for the apparent hit man when he came into Lee Abraham’s law office on Saturday night. The Greenwood Commonwealth is reporting that there was a [...] Some details– not necessarily consistent– are being reported about the incident in Greenwood now, although it’s hard to tell what to credit. The Clarion Ledger runs a Greenwood Commonwealth story with more details: Authorities say a 70-year-old oncologist is accused of hiring two men to kill the lawyer who represented his ex-wife when they divorced in [...] Update: Yes, there is more. See below. I’m hitting repeated references to a story breaking in Greenwood. Here’s one bit, from WLBT in Jackson: A 70-year-old oncologist is accused of hiring hit-men to kill the lawyer who represented his ex-wife when they divorced in the 1990s. Greenwood police tell the Greenwood Commonwealth that Dr. Arnold [...] So, to review the bidding: Mississippi has a criminal libel statute. It is extraordinarily vague and, from the standpoint of punishment, stunningly open-ended: Any person who shall be convicted of writing or publishing any libel, shall be fined in such sum or imprisoned in the county jail for such term as the court, in [...] “Dr. Kelly told me I had to stay on my meds for bipolar because if I didn’t, I’d get happier and happier and go up and up and up and then I’d crash all the way to the bottom and I’d die. And that’s what happened! I died!” He seemed to be standing there [...] The title sums up the story but doesn’t really capture its essential weirdness. We learn: Sometime a few weeks before the pardon grants, the head of security at the Governor’s mansion took mansion trustys David Gatlin and Charles Hooker to get drivers licenses. Questioned by CNN, he explained: ”I thought that if I went [...] Here’s a statement from Gov. Barbour about the Mississippi Supreme Court pardon decision: “I’m grateful for the decision issued today by the Supreme Court of Mississippi upholding the Governor’s constitutional authority to exercise clemency. In this decision, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed more than a century of settled law in our state. But this [...] The decision is 6-3, with the primary opinion by Justice Dickinson joined by Carlson, Lamar, Kitchens, Chandler, and King. Carlson also wrote, joined by Dickinson, Lamar, and Chandler. Chandler wrote, joined by Carlson and Dickinson. Waller, Randolph, and Pierce each wrote in dissent, and joined each others opinions. A few key passages early on [...] |
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