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article .entry-wrapper .more-link,.wpnbha.ts-3 article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}</style> <div data-posts data-current-post-id="989697"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>THE LATEST</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1128132" class="tag-featured tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/ag-fitch-seeks-another-death-row-execution-date/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="AG Fitch seeks another death row execution date" data-hero-candidate="1" loading="none" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1107913" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/30/willie-jerome-manning-execution-date-on-hold/wilcher-execution/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?fit=2000%2C1340&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1340" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"ASSOCIATED PRESS","camera":"","caption":"** FILE ** Witnesses of the Tuesday, July 11, 2006, execution of Bobby Glen Wilcher will sit behind two-way mirrored windows outside the lethal injection room at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shown in this July 12, 2002, file photograph. Wilcher, 43, is to be put to death for the 1982 killings of two Scott County women, Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin. (AP Photo\/Rogelio Solis, File)","created_timestamp":"1152492240","copyright":"AP2006","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"WILCHER EXECUTION","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WILCHER EXECUTION" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>** FILE ** Two-way mirrored windows look in at the lethal injection room at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shown in this July 12, 2002, file photograp</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?fit=336%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?fit=1200%2C804&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/ag-fitch-seeks-another-death-row-execution-date/" rel="bookmark">AG Fitch seeks another death row execution date</a></h3> <p>Attorney General Lynn Fitch is seeking an execution date for a fourth death row inmate, Charles Ray Crawford. </p> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/"><img data-recalc-dims="1" alt='Avatar photo' src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-Corpuz-headshot.jpg?resize=48%2C48&ssl=1" srcset='https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-Corpuz-headshot-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height="48" width="48" /></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-26T12:23:59">November 26, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-26T14:00:34-06:00">November 26, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"></div> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha is-grid columns-4 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="989697"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>MISSISSIPPI Justice News</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1128114" class="tag-featured tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/pearl-police-officer-fired-for-allegedly-stealing-32k-from-dying-woman/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Pearl police officer fired for allegedly stealing $32K from dying woman" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?w=1795&ssl=1 1795w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=336%2C252&ssl=1 336w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=771%2C578&ssl=1 771w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=1170%2C877&ssl=1 1170w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=400 400w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="50365" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/02/22/immigration-officials-search-rankin-restaurants/ichiban/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?fit=1795%2C1346&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1795,1346" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1487767498","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00020202020202","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Ichiban" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Pearl police block entrance to Ichiban restaurant during ICE investigation.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?fit=336%2C252&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?fit=771%2C578&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/pearl-police-officer-fired-for-allegedly-stealing-32k-from-dying-woman/" rel="bookmark">Pearl police officer fired for allegedly stealing $32K from dying woman</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/jmitchell/">Jerry Mitchell</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-26T10:21:06">November 26, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-26T21:05:14-06:00">November 26, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127988" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/crystal-springs-commercial-painter-says-police-damaged-his-eyesight/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Crystal Springs commercial painter says police damaged his eyesight" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=900%2C675&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127987" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/horton-crystalsprings-featimage-v2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Crystal Springs police arrested lifelong resident Roger Horton in September 2023 on marijuana possession and resisting arrest charges during which he said they twice slammed his head on their police cruiser, causing a vision problem for a man who makes his living as a commercial painter. Unbeknown to him, police also were holding him on a subsequently unsubstantiated charge of assaulting a minor. Police produced a half-written narrative of the alleged assault and included the name of the minor in a report, which Mississippi Today is blurring out. The Butterfly Garden in Crystal Springs is one of the houses Horton painted, and he completed the interior with his wife. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?fit=336%2C189&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/crystal-springs-commercial-painter-says-police-damaged-his-eyesight/" rel="bookmark">Crystal Springs commercial painter says police damaged his eyesight</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T12:21:21">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T12:21:29-06:00">November 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127942" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/second-hinds-county-sheriff-candidate-faces-federal-jail-time/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="Second Hinds County sheriff candidate faces federal jail time" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=400 400w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="701" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2016/03/31/federal-judge-tosses-same-sex-adoption-ban/courthouse_jackson/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?fit=960%2C420&ssl=1" data-orig-size="960,420" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="courthouse_jackson" data-image-description="<p>Source: http://www.mssp.uscourts.gov/sites/mssp/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/courthouse_jackson.JPG?itok=wgvFu_NE</p> " data-image-caption="<p>The federal courthouse in Jackson</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?fit=336%2C147&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?fit=771%2C337&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/second-hinds-county-sheriff-candidate-faces-federal-jail-time/" rel="bookmark">Second Hinds County sheriff candidate faces federal jail time</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T11:42:12">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T11:42:20-06:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127893" class="tag-government tag-justice tag-mt-app category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/felony-suffrage-mississppi-disenfranchisement-voting-rights-supreme-court/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Mississippians ask U.S. Supreme court to strike state’s Jim Crow-era felony voting ban" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127234" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/voting-2024-16/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?fit=1650%2C1136&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1650,1136" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D7000","caption":"Voters mark their ballots at Precinct 14 inside Fondren Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.","created_timestamp":"1730822660","copyright":"","focal_length":"17","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"Voting 2024 16","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Voting 2024 16" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Voters mark their ballots at Precinct 14 inside Fondren Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?fit=336%2C231&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voting-2024-16.jpg?fit=1200%2C826&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/felony-suffrage-mississppi-disenfranchisement-voting-rights-supreme-court/" rel="bookmark">Mississippians ask U.S. Supreme court to strike state’s Jim Crow-era felony voting ban</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/tvancemississippitoday-org/">Taylor Vance</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T04:00:00">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T08:16:39-06:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127655" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/14/willie-manning-faces-execution-despite-a-crumbling-case/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Willie-Manning-FeatImage-v4.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Willie Manning faces execution, despite a crumbling case" 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wp-post-image" alt="Groups seek a new hearing on a Mississippi mail-in ballot lawsuit" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3X0A9901-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 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Norwood was permanently disabled after he was shocked with a stun gun in the back of his head by a Jackson police officer.","created_timestamp":"1721393997","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"Darryl Norwood 7","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Darryl Norwood 7" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Veteran law enforcement officer Darryl Norwood at his south Jackson home, Friday, July 19, 2024. Norwood was permanently disabled after he was shocked with a stun gun in the back of his head by a Jackson police officer.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darryl-Norwood-7.jpg?fit=336%2C252&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darryl-Norwood-7.jpg?fit=1200%2C899&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/13/jpd-officer-stun-gun-leaves-superman-who-saved-neighbors-children-permanently-disabled/" rel="bookmark">JPD officer stun gun leaves ‘Superman’ who saved neighbor’s children permanently disabled </a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/chelsea-long-mississippi-today/">Chelsea Long, Mississippi Today</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" 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srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JAC-INDICTMENTS-QA_1108-v4-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, 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https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3X0A4468-copy-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3X0A4468-copy-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1113288" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/3x0a4468-copy/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3X0A4468-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1684&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1684" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1710490108","copyright":"","focal_length":"32","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Capitol Building" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A view of the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 14, 2024.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3X0A4468-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C221&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3X0A4468-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C790&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/11/mississippi-senate-doj-lawsuit-discrimination-black-attorney-paid-half-white-tate-reeves/" rel="bookmark">DOJ lawsuit: Mississippi Senate paid Black attorney half what white colleagues made</a></h3> <p>Metcalfe’s salary remained $40,000 to $60,000 less than her lowest-paid white colleague during her years on the job, the lawsuit said.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/emily-wagster-pettus-associated-press/">Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-11T09:25:26">November 11, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-11T09:25:33-06:00">November 11, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127484" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/08/former-interim-hinds-county-sheriff-guilty-in-fedral-bribery-case/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Former interim Hinds County sheriff guilty in federal bribery case" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127277" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/marshand-crisler-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?fit=1650%2C1093&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1650,1093" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.2","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D7000","caption":"Former Interim Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler (center) enters the federal courthouse with his wife Eva and attorney John Collette, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Jackson.","created_timestamp":"1730888057","copyright":"","focal_length":"105","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"Marshand Crisler 1","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Marshand Crisler 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Former Interim Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler (center) enters the federal courthouse with his wife Eva and attorney John Collette, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Jackson.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?fit=336%2C223&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/08/former-interim-hinds-county-sheriff-guilty-in-fedral-bribery-case/" rel="bookmark">Former interim Hinds County sheriff guilty in federal bribery case</a></h3> <p>Marshand Crisler, the former Hinds County interim sheriff and candidate, faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury in Jackson found him guilty Friday of soliciting and accepting bribes from a man with previous felony convictions and a pending violent charge. Crisler was charged with soliciting and accepting $9,500 worth of bribes…</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-08T17:26:25">November 8, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-10T15:08:30-06:00">November 10, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127362" class="tag-featured tag-government tag-justice tag-mt-app category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/08/fbi-yacht-sting-operation-jackson-officials/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="The Jackson FBI sting is not the first time the feds used a yacht, strip club to lure alleged bribery" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127364" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/08/fbi-yacht-sting-operation-jackson-officials/abscam-sting-operation/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?fit=2312%2C1425&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2312,1425" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"AP","camera":"","caption":"According to the Miami Herald, this luxury yacht named \"Corsair\" was used by the FBI in an undercover \"sting\" operations to film and record public officials, organized crime figures and flim-flam artists who were aboard it. The boat was previously named \"The Left Hand\" and was docked at the posh Bahia Mar marina in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 5, 1980. (AP Photo)","created_timestamp":"318556800","copyright":"1980 AP","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"ABSCAM STING OPERATION","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ABSCAM STING OPERATION" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>According to the Miami Herald, this luxury yacht named “Corsair” was used by the FBI in an undercover “sting” operations to film and record public officials, organized crime figures and flim-flam artists who were aboard it. The boat was previously named “The Left Hand” and was docked at the posh Bahia Mar marina in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 5, 1980. (AP Photo)</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?fit=336%2C207&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP800205060.jpg?fit=1200%2C740&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/08/fbi-yacht-sting-operation-jackson-officials/" rel="bookmark">The Jackson FBI sting is not the first time the feds used a yacht, strip club to lure alleged bribery</a></h3> <p>This sting that brought bribery charges against Jackson officials is far from the first time the FBI has used a yacht and a strip club in Miami in an undercover operation.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/jmitchell/">Jerry Mitchell</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-08T08:54:03">November 8, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-08T09:01:01-06:00">November 8, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127374" class="tag-justice tag-mt-app category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/jackson-officials-fbi-sting-yacht-strip-club-cash/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Yacht, strip club, bags of cash: The traveling FBI sting that set the stage for bribery charges against Jackson officials" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=900%2C675&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127376" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/jackson-officials-fbi-sting-yacht-strip-club-cash/lumumba-owens-featimage-v1-03/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?fit=336%2C189&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lumumba-Owens-FeatImage-v1-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/jackson-officials-fbi-sting-yacht-strip-club-cash/" rel="bookmark">Yacht, strip club, bags of cash: The traveling FBI sting that set the stage for bribery charges against Jackson officials</a></h3> <p>The Jackson bribery scandal features a sunset sail on a Miami yacht, a taxpayer-funded trip to a strip club, bags of cash and three blocks of blighted concrete. Here’s the story.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/awolfe/">Anna Wolfe</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-07T21:10:50">November 7, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-08T14:58:24-06:00">November 8, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127367" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/fbi-informant-says-he-gave-hinds-county-sheriff-candidate-9500-in-exchange-for-favors/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="FBI informant says he gave Hinds County sheriff candidate $9,500 in exchange for favors" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127278" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/marshand-crisler-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?fit=1650%2C1507&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1650,1507" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.2","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D7000","caption":"Former Interim Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler (left) enters the federal courthouse with his attorney John Collette, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Jackson.","created_timestamp":"1730888057","copyright":"","focal_length":"105","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"Marshand Crisler 2","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Marshand Crisler 2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Former Interim Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler (left) enters the federal courthouse with his attorney John Collette, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Jackson.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?fit=336%2C307&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marshand-Crisler-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1096&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/fbi-informant-says-he-gave-hinds-county-sheriff-candidate-9500-in-exchange-for-favors/" rel="bookmark">FBI informant says he gave Hinds County sheriff candidate $9,500 in exchange for favors</a></h3> <p>Tonarri Moore, who was recruited by the FBI to work as an informant and collect evidence against Marshand Crisler, testified for over an hour Thursday about offering the former interim Hinds County sheriff $9,500 in bribes between September and November 2021, during Crisler’s sheriff campaign. Moore began cooperating with the federal government following a September…</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-07T18:59:24">November 7, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-07T20:31:18-06:00">November 7, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127348" class="tag-government tag-mt-app category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/jody-owens-chokwe-lumumba-aaron-banks-indicted/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Hinds DA Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, councilman Aaron Banks indicted in federal corruption probe" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127287" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/shad-white-jody-owens/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1706" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","credit":"AP","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X","caption":"Republican State Auditor Shad White, right, and Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens discuss the auditor's office investigation of the former director of Mississippi's welfare agency and four other people, accused of embezzling millions in federal money meant for the poor, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo\/Rogelio V. Solis)","created_timestamp":"1581020188","copyright":"Copyright 2020. The Associated Press. All rights reserved","focal_length":"35","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"Shad White, Jody Owens","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Shad White, Jody Owens" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Republican State Auditor Shad White, right, and Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens discuss the auditor’s office investigation of the former director of Mississippi’s welfare agency and four other people, accused of embezzling millions in federal money meant for the poor, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP20037833277586-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/jody-owens-chokwe-lumumba-aaron-banks-indicted/" rel="bookmark">Hinds DA Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, councilman Aaron Banks indicted in federal corruption probe</a></h3> <p>Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Jackson city councilman Aaron Banks have been indicted on federal corruption and bribery charges.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mstoday/">Mississippi Today</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-07T10:48:31">November 7, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-07T13:29:35-06:00">November 7, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> <button type="button" class="wp-block-button__link" data-next="https://mississippitoday.org/wp-json/newspack-blocks/v1/articles?moreButton=1&moreButtonText=Load%20More%20Justice%20Stories&showAvatar=0&postsToShow=6&mediaPosition=left&categories%5B0%5D=5771&typeScale=3&imageScale=1&mobileStack=1&sectionHeader=READ%20MORE%20mississippi%20justice&className&showExcerpt=1&showFullContent=0&excerptLength=55&showReadMore=0&infiniteScroll=0&readMoreLabel=Keep%20reading&showDate=1&showImage=1&showCaption=0&showCredit=0&disableImageLazyLoad=0&fetchPriority&imageShape=landscape&minHeight=0&showAuthor=1&showCategory=0&postLayout=list&columns=3&colGap=3&&includeSubcategories=1&&&&&&specificMode=0&textColor&customTextColor&singleMode=0&showSubtitle=0&postType%5B0%5D=post&textAlign=left&includedPostStatuses%5B0%5D=publish&deduplicate=1&page=2"> <span class="label"> Load More Justice Stories </span> <span class="loading"></span> </button> <p class="error"> Something went wrong. 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