Reducing crime or an attack on civil rights? New court in Mississippi capital draws fire
Justice Department says move an attack on Black residents’ civil rights. Defenders say court needed to reduce crime ‘emergency’
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Justice Department says move an attack on Black residents’ civil rights. Defenders say court needed to reduce crime ‘emergency’
Jackson residents are preparing for one more last-ditch effort to stop a new court led by a state-appointed judge and prosecutors.
The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a monthslong legal fight over a state-run court in part of Mississippi's majority-Black capital city of Jackson.
The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a monthslong legal fight over a state-run court in part of Mississippi's majority-Black capital city of Jackson.
Attorney Lance Stevens successfully appealed to attorneys this week to review camera footage of the Dec. 10, 2022, shooting death of Isaiah Winkley by Hancock County sheriff’s deputies. “It’s absolutely horrible,” he said.