Judge from Mississippi civil rights murder trial dies at 79
The state Administrative Office of Courts says retired Hinds County Circuit Court Judge L. Breland Hilburn died of complications from COVID-19. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:52 AM CDT April 8, 2021
JACKSON, Miss A private funeral will be held Friday for the Mississippi judge who handed down a life sentence to the white supremacist convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Retired Hinds County Circuit Court Judge L. Breland Hilburn died Monday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center of complications from COVID-19, according to a news release from the state Administrative Office of Courts. He was 79.
Judge from Mississippi civil rights murder trial dies at 79
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Judge from Mississippi civil rights murder trial dies at 79
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By Geoff Pender
Apr 5, 2021 7:17 PM
After years of partisan fear and loathing and failed attempts in the Legislature, health care and racial justice advocates want Mississippi voters to force the issue and expand Medicaid at the ballot box.
A nonprofit incorporated by the president of the Mississippi Hospital Association and others has filed preliminary paperwork to start ballot Initiative 76, which would put Medicaid expansion in the state constitution, draw down billions of dollars in federal funds and provide health care to potentially hundreds of thousands of working, low-income, uninsured Mississippians.
Mississippi is one of just 12 states that has refused to expand Medicaid, leaving hundreds of thousands of citizens without the ability to afford health care coverage and rejecting at least $1 billion per year in federal funds.
Retired Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn died April 5
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