During his tenure as an assistant U.S. attorney, Peter Barrett tried South Mississippi's biggest cases, including the men who conspired to murder prominent Biloxians Vincent and Margaret Sherry.

He is credited for the successful prosecution of those responsible for the Sherry murders in what is one of the most notorious murder cases tied to the Dixie Mafia in Gulf Coast history. “He stepped ...

On a spring day in 1971, a shackled Kirksey Nix walked into a Louisiana courtroom with a bullet lodged in his side. Then 28, he was accused of being one of three armed intruders who forced their way ...