Mississippi May Execute An Innocent Woman This Week

State May Execute An Innocent Woman This Week
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 14: A cannon sits in front of the Mississippi State Capitol building, Aug. 14, 2007, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Suzi Altman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 14: A cannon sits in front of the Mississippi State Capitol building, Aug. 14, 2007, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Suzi Altman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Edward Byrom Jr. confessed to murdering his father, Edward Byrom Sr., on June 4, 1999, in a letter to his mother, excerpted above. One of at least four known confessions—there are two additional letters and a statement to his court-appointed psychologist—it might have been evidence to convict "Junior" for murder.

#Instead, Tishomingo County deputies arrested Junior as part of a murder-for-hire conspiracy. Junior's friend Joey Gillis was the shooter, they said, and his mother, Michelle Byrom, was the mastermind.

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