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Separate criminal court in Jackson cleared to start, but legal battle continues
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sun,01/07/24-10:45PM , 422 Reads 5,784 Statewide
A federal appeals court has allowed a separate court system to be created in Jackson, paving the way for state officials to appoint a judge and prosecutors to the new court.
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Circuit Court Judge Winston L. Kidd, center, stands with other Hinds County judicial officers as he speaks about their opposition of proposed House Bill 1020 at the Hinds County Circuit Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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New state-appointed Jackson court in limbo as fight to block it continues
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,01/02/24-3:15PM , 517 Reads 7,956 Statewide
The new year began without creation of a separate, state-run court in Jackson that some lawmakers lobbied as a solution to crime and advocates see as a threat to residents’ civil and voting rights.
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With clock ticking, Judge Wingate mulls a second injunction blocking appointments to separate Jackson court
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,12/20/23-10:55PM , 483 Reads 6,200 Statewide
A federal judge will decide whether to approve another injunction to prevent state appointments to a new, separate court system in Jackson set to go into effect in two weeks.
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Rankin Sheriff’s Department faces another lawsuit, this one for a jail suicide
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/14/23-12:01PM , 734 Reads 9,498 Statewide
Six detention officers, the sheriff and Rankin County are named in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging they failed to intervene even after knowing a jailed man was at high risk for suicide.
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