Kirksey Nix

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Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. He was named as a suspect in a purported assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser, and in the death of Pusser's wife on August 12, 1967. Nix has repeatedly refused to comment about Pusser's claims that he was one of his wife's killers. Pusser has since been named as the chief suspect in his wife's death. In 1972, Nix was convicted of murdering Frank Corso, a New Orleans grocery executive, in a break-in at Corso's home, and began serving a life sentence without parole. Nix was later convicted for involvement in the 1987 murder-for-hire killing of Judge Vincent Sherry and city councilwoman Margaret Sherry, spouses, in Biloxi, Mississippi. As described by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: While serving a life sentence for murder at Angola State Penitentiary, Nix built a criminal empire from which he hoped to earn enough money to buy his way out of prison. Although he dabbled in insurance...

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