Supreme Court upholds conviction of man sentenced for killing Jackson firefighter
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson man sentenced to life in prison for killing a Jackson firefighter has had his conviction ...
Ex-Deputy Describes Rampant Violence by Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’
From a prison cell, one former deputy recounted how illegal searches and brutal beatings were used for years to help make ...
Ex-MS sheriff’s deputy describes ‘Goon Squad’ violence. ‘I lived a lie for long enough.’
From prison, Christian Dedmon described for the first time how he and others in his department regularly entered homes ...
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Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Mississippi is one of eleven states that ... pointing to a 1974 Supreme Court decision that the Constitution’s equal protection clause does not prevent states from banning felons from voting.
Court upholds decision leaving ShamsidDeen’s name off April ballot
“The court found that Mr. ShamsidDeen’s homestead property, vehicle registration, and voter registration were outside the ...
A Jackson mayoral candidate is suing after being disqualified from the upcoming election
Ali M. ShamsidDeen is suing the Jackson Democratic Executive Committee after he was disqualified from running in the upcoming ...
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Mississippi’s permanent felony voting ban returns to the court
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...
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Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi's felon voting ban
and the Supreme Court's recent decision leaves the law in place despite claims that it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.CNN contributed to this story. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to ...
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Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people ... s voting ban for some felonies, though the cases used different legal arguments.
Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper To Take Down Editorial Criticizing City Board for Secrecy
A Mississippi state judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing city officials from its website, a move that ...
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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to ... A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Mississippi, in ...