#3 Mississippi prisons violated Constitution with violence, poor conditions: DOJ

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The Justice Department (DOJ) found three prisons in Mississippi violated the Constitution, citing violence, poor conditions and staffing shortages, per a new report. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and the Mississippi United States Attorney’s Office released a 60-page report of an investigation into the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility on…

#Judge allows Mississippi to create state-run court in Black-majority capital city

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Despite objections from the NAACP, a federal judge is allowing Mississippi to create a state-run court in Jackson — the state capital where the majority of residents are Black. Attorneys from the NAACP filed a lawsuit against Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) and state officials last year, arguing that a new state-run court unfairly targets Jackson residents…

#Crump: Dexter Wade, buried without family’s knowledge had wallet, ID at time of death

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Lawyers for Dexter Wade said an independent exhumation and autopsy found that the 37-year-old Black man had a wallet and ID on him at the time of his death, despite police officers’ claims they could not identify the body. Wade, a father of two, was killed in March and buried without his family’s knowledge. Civil…

#Election Day 2023 live updates: Beshear projected to win reelection in Kentucky governor’s race

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Voters across the country are heading to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on a slew of statewide and local elections that could serve as a bellwether for next year’s congressional and White House races. Virginia voters will determine partisan control of their Legislature, in a race widely seen as an indicator of Democrats’ strength…

#5 predictions for Election Day 2023

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States across the country are holding pivotal elections Tuesday for governor, state legislature and more, offering a gauge of the national mood heading into 2024. Virginia and New Jersey are among the states where voters will determine partisan control of their state’s legislature, while Kentucky and Mississippi are holding gubernatorial races. Ohio, meanwhile, is the…

#1 killed, 6 injured in shooting at Mississippi restaurant

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One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting at a restaurant in Mississippi on Friday. The Ocean Springs Police Department said in a release that officers responded to a shooting at The Scratch Kitchen shortly before 11 p.m. and found seven people shot, including one person who was killed. The department…

#Biden ups pressure for gun reform in wake of Mississippi shooting: ‘Enough’

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Biden ups pressure for gun reform in wake of Mississippi shooting: ‘Enough’ President Biden responded on Friday to the shooting in rural Mississippi that left six dead, saying it’s “enough” and calling on Congress to “act now” to pass gun reform. “Jill and I are mourning for the six killed in today’s violence in Tate…

#Mississippi executes inmate Thomas Loden Jr., who raped and killed teenage girl

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“Mississippi executes inmate Thomas Loden Jr., who raped and killed teenage girl” A man who confessed to brutally raping and killing a teenage girl stranded on the side of a Mississippi road more than two decades ago was executed by the state Wednesday. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., 58, became the second inmate executed in the…

#I’m ‘unjustly smeared’ in Mississippi welfare scandal

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“I’m ‘unjustly smeared’ in Mississippi welfare scandal” Brett Favre is hitting back after the state of Mississippi filed a civil lawsuit against 38 people or companies, including the Packers legend, over misuse of welfare funds. Favre received $1.1 million from a nonprofit called the Mississippi Community Education Center — which got the money from the…

#ESPN Milwaukee pauses Brett Favre spots amid welfare scandal

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“ESPN Milwaukee pauses Brett Favre spots amid welfare scandal” Brett Favre’s weekly spot on ESPN Milwaukee is on pause. Favre had been slated to appear on the radio station to talk about the Packers on Monday mornings with Jen Lada, Gabe Neitzel and his former Green Bay teammate Mark Chmura, but those spots are on…