Court upholds man’s conviction for killing Jackson firefighter
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of the man who was sentenced in the 2020 shooting death of a Jackson ...
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A Jackson mayoral candidate is suing after being disqualified from the upcoming election
The Mississippi Supreme Court has appointed a special judge to hear ShamsidDeen's case. A special judge has been appointed to ...
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Conviction, sentence upheld of former MDOC man convicted of sexual crimes with minor
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - A former probation officer will remain jailed after the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed his 2022 ...
Court upholds decision leaving ShamsidDeen’s name off April ballot
“The court found that Mr. ShamsidDeen’s homestead property, vehicle registration, and voter registration were outside the ...
Death row inmate asks Supreme Court to hear oral arguments
JACKSON – Attorneys for death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford want the state’s highest court to hear oral arguments in the ...
Ex-Deputy Describes Rampant Violence by Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’
From a prison cell, one former deputy recounted how illegal searches and brutal beatings were used for years to help make ...
Crawford asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear rape conviction appeal
A Tippah County man who has resided on Mississippi’s death row for three decades continues to seek a court to hear his appeal. Charles Ray Crawford, 57, admitted he kidnapped, raped and killed a ...
Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper To Take Down Editorial Criticizing City Board for Secrecy
A Mississippi state judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing city officials from its website, a move that ...
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Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting ban for people convicted of some crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes ...