The Berry Execution - Parchman

Chris Epps, director of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, talks about the final day of death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry during a press conference at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Wednesday. Berry was convicted of the 1988 murder of Mary Bounds.
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The sprawling Delta prison was put on lock down for the execution.
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Members of the press listen to Epps' remarks.
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Ann Pace of Jackson holds a sign with photos of her daughter, Charlotte Murray Pace, who was murdered at her home in Baton Rouge in 2002, in an area designated for protesters outside Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. (Rick Guy/The Clarion-Ledger)

Charles Bounds, husband of Mary Bounds, (center) hugs Epps at a news
conference following the execution.
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Jena Wilson, the daughter of Mary Bounds, (right) hugs her daughter, Rebecca Blissard.
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Mississippi Department of Corrections spokesperson Tara Booth annnounces
the death of Earl Wesley Berry.
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