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Does a backlog in Hinds County courts justify appointing five judges? Other counties could be far worse
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/06/23-1:28PM , 851 Reads 10,463 Statewide
Lawmakers backing House Bill 1020 say Hinds County’s backlog of cases is an emergency that justifies having five non-elected judges to pick up the slack.
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Jocquize-Williams is accused of killing Anthony Tyrone Lindsey Jr. in Jackson, Miss., on June 3, 2021. Credit: Jackson Police Depatment

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Alleged killer released from state custody: ‘You just let him go,’ says victim’s father
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/03/23-12:38PM , 1,115 Reads 14,926 Statewide
The family of a Jackson homicide victim said they want answers and for members of the criminal justice system to be held accountable for releasing the man accused of killing their son from prison this week.
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Would a separate Jackson court end case backlog? Unlikely with state’s critically understaffed Crime Lab.
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/23/23-4:28PM , 788 Reads 14,903 Statewide
Republican lawmakers want to create a separate, unelected judicial district in Jackson to clear Hinds County’s case backlog and address crime in Jackson, but the state’s overwhelmed and understaffed Crime Lab may make that impossible.
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Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, right, representing Michael Jenkins, far left, and Terrell Parker speaks to media near the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Shabazz claims that his clients were assaulted by Rankin County sheriff deputies, which left Jenkins with serious injuries. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Rankin County deputies beat, tortured two Black men, leaving one in the hospital for weeks, lawyers allege
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/16/23-3:06PM , 813 Reads 11,420 Statewide
The FBI has opened an investigation into the alleged beating and torture of two Black men by Rankin County deputies.
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