Search Mississippi criminal justice bills as they move through the Legislature
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal ...
Lawmaker: There is no outside oversight of medical care at Mississippi prisons
The House passed a bill Thursday that would direct the state Department of Health to conduct a sweeping review of the medical care provided to inmates at Mississippi prisons. The legislation is ...
MS Coast man going to prison for 2022 murder. Here are the details of his crime, sentence
A Moss Point man is headed to prison for 20 years for murder after pleading guilty Friday to the August 2022 shooting death ...
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Pretrial hearing canceled for murder suspect who escaped from DeSoto County
A DeSoto County inmate who escaped from a courthouse last summer is expected to be in court Friday for a pretrial conference.
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Murder suspect who escaped from DeSoto County to appear in court
A DeSoto County inmate who escaped from a courthouse last summer is expected to be in court Friday for a pretrial conference.
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Ex-Justice Department employee sentenced for stealing R45k in bail funds
The Komani Regional Court sentenced former Department of Justice employee Siyamcela Fudumele to five years’ imprisonment for stealing bail funds worth R45 000. The Hawks’ Serious Commercial ...
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Top Justice Department Officials Meet Prosecutors in Adams Case
By William K. Rashbaum Michael S. Schmidt Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman Justice Department lawyers in Washington met on Friday with Manhattan federal prosecutors and defense lawyers ...
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When courts do not do politics
In a seven-member panel led by Chief Justice (CJ) Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo, the court ruled on six grounds of the State’s appeal of the decision of the Constitutional Court in Michael ...
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Mississippi ballot initiative restoration advances in House, again. What the bill would do
The state had dropped to four congressional districts in 2001. In May 2021, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in Hawkins-Butler’s favor, putting the state's marijuana ambitions in a temporary ...
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‘Domino effect’ leads to underground electrical fire outside Cuyahoga County Justice Center
The Cuyahoga County Justice Center will reopen at 5 p.m. Due to the issues that we are experiencing on Lakeside Avenue, the Court closed at Noon today. This decision was not made lightly ...
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Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting ban for people convicted of some crimes
The Supreme Court on Monday left ... over a dissent from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that was joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Mississippi’s list of disqualifying crimes was “adopted ...
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Government briefs: Roundup of news from Florence, Park Hills, Kenton County, Covington
Attorney Jack Gatlin came to the Kenton County Fiscal Court Tuesday to represent Arf ... in his investigation of Paul Snow, and bringing justice to his many victims, Officer Mike Whitford, Officer ...