JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Thursday to reconsider a decision from August that a provision of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently prevents people convicted of certain felonies from voting is unconstitutional. Third, even if disenfranchisement were a punishment, it is not cruel and unusual.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2023

The NAACP Monday filed a lawsuit to block a new Mississippi bill that they allege would violate the state’s constitution. House Bill (HB) 1020 allows the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice to appoint four judges to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. African Americans in Mississippi died so that we could vote.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2024

A federal judge in Mississippi sentenced former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian Dedmon to 40 years in prison on Wednesday, making Dedmon the fourth in a string of sentences for deputies who pled guilty for their role in the January 2023 beating and torture of two Black men. years in prison earlier on Wednesday.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed Thursday that a section of the Mississippi Constitution that banned felons from voting for life did not violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution and was thereby constitutional. Therefore, it is not a penal measure, much less a cruel and unusual one.

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JURIST

MARCH 22, 2024

The last of the six members of the Mississippi law enforcement group known as the “Goon Squad,” Joshua Hartfield, was sentenced to just over ten years in prison on Thursday for his involvement in the January 2023 torturing of two Black men.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law published a report Wednesday identifying thousands of people being held in Mississippi’s county jails while awaiting trial because they cannot afford bail or public defenders unavailable when required.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The US Supreme Court Monday unanimously sided with Tennessee in a groundwater dispute with Mississippi. The dispute arose out of a Mississippi suit which alleged that the city of Memphis, Tennessee had wrongfully taken water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer. The state must abide by the doctrine of equitable apportionment.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2024

The third of six members of the Mississippi deputy group who referred to themselves as the “Goon Squad,” Daniel Opdyke, was sentenced Wednesday to 17 and a half years in federal prison for his involvement in the torture of two black men. The officers then beat both men and tased them 17 times.

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EvidenceProf Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Mississippi Rule of Evidence 803(18) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement contained in a treatise, periodical, or pamphlet if: (A) the statement is called to the attention of an expert witness on cross-examination or relied.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 25, 2022

“Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting.” ” And Ashton Pittman of Mississippi Free Press has a report headlined “ ‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law.” In his dissenting opinion , Circuit Judge James E. Graves, Jr.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Two US congressional committees Monday launched investigations into Mississippi’s handling of the Jackson water crisis. In August, torrential rain and flooding in the Jackson, Mississippi area left approximately 180,000 people without water for days.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The post Mississippi Proves Civil Rights Lawyer’s Point With Sham Arrest And Trial appeared first on Above the Law. I look forward to the judge's resignation.

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Above The Law

MAY 23, 2023

The post Judge Prevents Mississippi From Creating White-Elected Courts For Black Counties… For Now appeared first on Above the Law. Shouts out to Henry Wingate.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2022

The voting margins in both chambers are considered “veto-proof,” enough to override a governor’s veto should Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves refuse to sign. It was quickly vetoed by the Mississippi Supreme Court, prompting lawmakers to work on drafting a medical marijuana bill.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The right to counsel is “tenuous” in a small Mississippi justice court in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where two judges appointed lawyers for felony defendants in…

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 7, 2023

“How I ‘bribed’ a justice to take a no-expenses-paid trip to Mississippi”: Margaret McMullan has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “How I ‘bribed’ a justice to take a no-expenses-paid trip to Mississippi” appeared first on How Appealing.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Share Confirming expectations, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously denied Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater. For this state-level version of a trespass, Mississippi sought over $600 million in damages. Facts as developed so far indicate that Mississippi will be unable to meet that burden.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 5, 2021

“The Ghosts of Mississippi”: Columnist Charles M. Blow has this essay online at The New York Times.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mississippi Rule of Evidence 504 states the following: (a) Definition. A communication is “confidential” if a person makes it privately to the person’s spouse and does not intend its disclosure to any other person. (b) b) General Rule of Privilege.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi will conduct this investigation according to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The post US Department of Justice opens civil rights investigation into Mississippi police department appeared first on JURIST - News.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 15, 2024

“The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states; It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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JUNE 12, 2024

“Fifth Circuit Judge Moving States, But No Plans to Retire; Leslie Southwick moving chambers from Mississippi to Texas; No circuit approval needed to change court locations”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

A report from the MacArthur Justice Center reveals that 2,716 detainees out of 5,800 people in Mississippi county jails had been there for more than 90 days and a majority of them lack legal representation, reports the Mississippi Free Press.

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HowAppealing

MAY 28, 2024

“Liberal Judges Should Respect Precedent As Little As Conservative Judges Do; Judges have long criticized qualified immunity as lawless and illegitimate; A Mississippi district court judge decided to dispense with it altogether”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

“Civil rights attorneys say a 100-year-old law in Mississippi is unconstitutional”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here & Now.” ” The post “Civil rights attorneys say a 100-year-old law in Mississippi is unconstitutional” appeared first on How Appealing.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 3, 2022

Similar to its federal counterpart, Mississippi Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(C) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay when The declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination about a prior statement, and the statement: (C) identifies a person as someone.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi can continue to bar more than 10 percent of its citizens from voting, maintaining a Jim Crow-era provision that bars Mississippians convicted of felonies from taking part in elections, reports the Daily Journal.

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HowAppealing

JULY 22, 2021

“Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report on the Brief for Petitioners that the State of Mississippi filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Experts say record-keeping and access problems in Mississippi’s justice courts are extreme, with many search warrants being no-knocks signed by judges even when police don’t apply for one. Other courts keep search warrant records but won’t let the public see them, defying well-established jurisprudence.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 3, 2022

Mississippi Valley State University’s Prison Educational Partnership Program (PEPP), offering four-year degrees to incarcerated people at Bolivar County Correctional Facility and the Delta Correctional Facility, will be the first program run by a Historically Black college in the state, reports Mississippi Today.

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Above The Law

APRIL 13, 2022

The post Mississippi Just Declared Its 30th Confederate Heritage Month. I think they should commit to the bit and pass National Red Coat Appreciation Month, too. How Is That Constitutional? appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Louis, Mississippi, two Bay St. After speaking with Anderson for 30 minutes and having Child Protective Services called, Anderson shot both officers from the vehicle and then herself, according to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. After responding to a call for a welfare check made from a Motel 6 in Bay St.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Mississippi Prepares To Bypass Democracy And Just Appoint The White Officers And Judges They Want : I miss when the biggest issue was just gerrymandering. The post Layoffs, Judicial Assistants, And Mississippi Justice — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Did You Get In To One Of The Most Selective Law Schools?

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“Mississippi voting rights case is argued at US appeals court”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report. ” You can access the audio of today’s en banc oral argument of the U.S.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims; Mississippi prohibits certain felons from ever voting again; En banc Fifth Circuit hears claim that ban cruel and unusual”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Mississippi Rule of Evidence 804(b)(6) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay A statement offered against a party that wrongfully caused – or acquiesced in wrongfully causing – the declarant’s unavailability as a witness,

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MARCH 13, 2021

“Mississippi Supreme Court orders 3rd trial in car crash case”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Mississippi issued Thursday. The dissenting opinions discuss a notable issue of appellate recusal.

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