Monday, May 04, 2009
Trial Set For Clay County Officials
A September 14th. trial date has been scheduled for eight Clay County officials charged with attempting to rig federal, state and local elections in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Former Circuit Judge Russell Cletus Maricle, school superintendent Douglas C. Adams, County Clerk Freddy Thompson, Democratic election commissioner Charles Wayne Jones, election officers William E. Stivers and Paul E. Bishop, along with William B. Morris and Debra L. Morris are all charged with racketeering. All, except Adams and Bishop, face a charge of conspiring to buy votes. Some face additional charges, including mail fraud.
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