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Leflore County jury declines to indict Carolyn Bryant in Emmett Till’s death
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,08/09/22-3:02PM , 237 Reads 6,156 Statewide
A Leflore County grand jury has found insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham for her role in the kidnapping and lynching death of Emmett Till.
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Union president wins discrimination complaint against federal corrections facility in Yazoo City
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,08/09/22-10:06AM , 205 Reads 7,181 Statewide
An independent arbitrator has sided with the first Black woman union president at a Yazoo City federal prison who faced gender discrimination, retaliation and violation of her union contract.
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‘We can’t wait for another death’: Judge rules Hinds County must appoint receiver to manage its jail
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,07/29/22-2:18PM , 221 Reads 5,921 Statewide
Hinds County must appoint a receiver to manage its jail, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves wrote officials have received multiple chances to fix the Raymond jail, but they have been unable to. The court will appoint a receiver by Nov. 1.
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Archie Skiffer, Jr., of Mendenhall, with his vehicle used extensively in his side-job as a DoorDash driver in Jackson. Delivering food can get hampered by the Jackson Police Department's Ticket, Arrest, Tow (TAT) program. Skiffer and others are fighting the program in court as unconstitutional, Friday, July 8, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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JPD roadblock lawsuit: Plaintiffs, city in settlement negotiations
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/28/22-9:50AM , 208 Reads 7,185 Statewide
Months after a lawsuit was filed in federal court alleging the Jackson Police Department’s roadblock program violates drivers’ constitutional rights and disproportionately affects people from Black and low-income neighborhoods, attorneys from the Mississippi Center for Justice and the City of Jackson are working toward a resolution.
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