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Radley Balko

Ten Years In The Making: How Cory Maye Was Freed

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Radley Balko, Death Row, Mississippi, Drug War, Cory Maye, Death Penalty, Police Militarization, Ron Jones, Innocence, Swat Teams, Politics News

MONTICELLO, Miss. -- It's Friday, July 1, 2011, a little past 8:15 a.m. when I arrive at the Lawrence County, Mississippi, courthouse. As I walk towar...

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Radley Balko

From Death Row To Home: Man Who Killed Cop During Botched Drug Raid Freed After 10 Years in Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Mississippi, Drug War, Racism, Cory Maye, Death Penalty, Police Militarization, Race, Ron Jones, Swat Teams, Reason Magazine, Politics News

MONTICELLO, Miss. -- After 10 years of incarceration, and seven years after a jury sentenced him to die, 30-year-old Cory Maye will soon be going home...

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