For years Soggy Sweat’s Whiskey Speech has been discussed as a particularly fine piece of southern oratory. Judge Noah S. “Soggy” Sweat was John Grisham’s law professor at Ole Miss and a former state legislator. Here Grisham remembers his professor at the Oxford Conference for the Book–this year dedicated to Barry Hannah.
Book 'em Danno!
Here’s an excerpt from a panel on Literary Oxford that author John Grisham led during the 2010 Oxford Conference for the Book. Grisham tells the story of a previous conference he attended with authors Barry Hannah and Stephen King.
Mississippi Innocence Project
Experience this amazing promotional video produced by MPD’s Joe York for the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi’s School of Law.
The Mississippi Innocence Project identifies,investigates and litigates meritorious claims of innocence on behalf of Mississippi prisoners serving lengthy periods of incarceration.