Jackson Jambalaya

KF, once again I am disappointed by your efforts to railroad Mr. Clark. Is he wrong to take a marital dispute too far and injure his wife? Absolutely. But should he get 10 years in state prison just because KF and his merry band of bloggers don't like his family? Absolutely not. So tell us KF, what is your personal beef with the Clark's??? You must be jealous of their success and status.

@1:22 PM -- Did you see the pictures of the "marital dispute"? Have you read anything about Clark's illustrious history of abusing women? KF doesn't have a "personal beef" with the Clark family, he just reported the facts about a serial abuser. I hope you never have a daughter, sister, niece, etc who experiences even 1% of what Clark did.

$100,000 a month! Dam

1:22, not to speak for KF, but I'll bet he like many of us is tired of seeing perfectly strong and healthy men beat the crap out of women and get away with it or get off with a light sentence, especially when they come from prominent families that could perhaps have affected that sentence. I have lived almost 6 decades and never hit a woman. You don't have to have a personal beef with the Clarks to think like this.

On the other hand, 1:22, your thinking reminds me when Judge Jeff Weill sentenced Dedmon, the white Rankinite who ran over and killed that black man Mr. Anderson in Hinds County, to two life sentences under the Hate Crime Act. Some posted thoughts similar to yours criticizing Weill and saying it was wrong to impose two life sentences.

In both cases, sometimes justice is tough. But a tough stand is needed to deter others from similar crimes, not to mention to punish the perps of the subject crimes.

I actually think that every man who beats the everloving shit out of their wife should get 10 years in jail. And yes, the system is different for those with money, so I applaud KF's efforts to spotlight the good ol' boy system. F this guy.

@1:22 I recommend you go look at the pics of what Clark did to his wife. I really hope his parents are proud of the monster they’ve raised.

1:22 - Just because wealthy, white, who beat women don't typically get 10 years doesn't mean they shouldn't. You don't speak for the majority of Mississippian's when you accuse KF of trying to "railroad" the Clark family.

I don't know the family but I dislike the fact that they have tried to use money and influence to keep Jr. on the streets. As a result I take pride in the fact that I don't buy gas at Clark stations.

1:22, just what do you think an appropriate sentence for Clark would have been, since you seem to think that 16 years (with six suspended) was too harsh?

Do you think the attempt to transfer him to his home county detention center - where the local popo sheriff was installing a 60" flat screen in his suite along with other amenities including home-cooked meals - was equivalent treatment to others sentenced by the Circuit Court to a net ten years? Or, could that white glove attempted treatment be deemed appropriate 'just because' it would be easier on the family to visit? Or maybe, so that they could continue to deliver the $100,000/month paycheck to this "indigent" perp that expected the state to pay for his defense? (Until, of course, they were able to scrap up the extra $20k to hire the "honorable" Jeff Smith to enable another delay in his trial using the "legislative excuse".)

So - what would you suggest that this guy should have been sentenced to for ripping open a woman's head - spouse or otherwise?

The appeal was dismissed because you cannot appeal the conviction and sentence based on a guilty plea. His prior attorney filed the notice of appeal. His new counsel filed a motion to voluntarily withdraw the appeal last week. For whatever reason, the Court claimed to have dismissed the appeal on its own motion. So for the record, his appeal was not technically denied.

1:22 has to be baiting everyone.

$ 100,000.00 a month. WOW! 1.2 million a year! WoW. WoW. WoW.

If I was Mr. Clark, make that kind of money, I would be kissing my wife's A*s every day.
Now, he's going to be making booty money. Heh. Heh.
Well, back to work making $ 9.00 an hour at my sucky job..

If he were Islamic, this would be an accepted practice.

I bet 1:22 works for the Clarion Ledger.

3:09. don’t forget about his dogs that could stay in his little hilton...

people aren’t upset at his family wealth. the people here are upset that a man would beat a woman like that and use family connections to escape justice

The bad news is this Clark guy will get out of prison one day.

Hopefully, he will have learned his lesson, but my money's on another victim shall one day be in his sights.

It's hard to fix people with lots of money and lots of problems.

If his appeal was denied, how could he then withdraw it?

Or family. Or, an associate at the tower up at Renaissance, wanting to try to climb the letterhead.

wake up all you people and mark you calendars for phil bryants last day in office which is rapidly approaching. the clark guy will have his sentace commuted by bryant cause his family is gonna write a seven figure check as a "donation" to the mississippi republican party. the same thing was done for karen irby. dont you knuckleheads remember that?? short memories we have here on jackson jambalaya. in case you dont know, thats the way the game is played here in the little backwater soybean republic[can] of mississippi.

So if the subject of the post is rich, I'm jealous. If the subject is black, I'm racist. If it's a woman, I'm sexist or misogynist. If poor, I hate poor people. Got it.


Actually, it is rare that a victim of domestic abuse is willing to come forward, much less release the pictures to show what actually happened. Most are scared or ashamed and want to keep it quiet to some degree. This is one of the few times the victim stood up and said as well as showed what happened.

I guess that uncle Don Clark, the CEO of Butler Snow Law firm in Ridgeland thought he could get him out. He even hired HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIRMAN JEFF SMITH to help Rod Ray in Clark's defense! Smith, who boasts on his Facebook page that he has to get to church each Sunday to open up the place and make coffee for members and to meet and greet. The First Baptist Church women need to team up together and find another candidate to run against Smith, who's daughter also works for Butler Snow in the office in Birmingham. And no Jeff - we don't need Corky.

I'm sure that Jeff's wife is really proud of him! They need to retire Jeff Smith to his country office in Caledonia - but he better look out, because his candidate for mayor won by only one vote. So when he walks down the sidewalks in Caledonia, he needs to be thinking that every other person voted against your ass! BOYCOTT THE CLARK'S "C" STORE. There are at least two in Biloxi - one across the street from the Beau Rivage and another down Hwy 90 on the beach!
By the way Jeff - how much money did they pay you to use your legislative seat to delay the trial for the 15th time - $30,000 and up?