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Prosecutor Doug Evans holds a photo during a trial for Curtis Flowers in court on June 14, 2010, in Greenwood. A federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that civil rights advocates filed against Evans. (By Taylor Kuykendall)

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Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,06/18/22-2:00AM , 5545 Reads
JACKSON — A federal appeals court has found that the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases.
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2 Mississippi businessmen indicted in pandemic fraud case
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,06/17/22-4:57PM , 463 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi businessmen, including one who served on the governor's economic recovery advisory commission, have been indicted on charges connected to the fraudulent receipt of more than $2 million in pandemic relief money, prosecutors said Friday.
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Prosecutor Doug Evans holds a photo during a trial for Curtis Flowers in court on June 14, 2010, in Greenwood, Miss. A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 16, 2022, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that civil rights advocates filed against Evans. The 2019 lawsuit said Evans routinely rejected Black jurors in criminal cases because of their race, and it sought a declaration that Evans’ jury-selection practices violated prospective jurors’ constitutional rights. The appeals court ruled the plaintiffs lacked legal standing because they didn’t show an “immediate threat” that Evans could strike them from jury service. (Taylor Kuykendall/The Commonwealth via AP, File)

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Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,06/17/22-1:23PM , 329 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has found that the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks during a news conference, May 18, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. The Republican governor signed bills in April to create a $10 million infrastructure grant program for private schools, staring in July. On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Parents for Public Schools filed a lawsuit challenging the grant program and saying the Mississippi Constitution bans the use of public money for private schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Lawsuit challenges Mississippi private schools grant program
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,06/15/22-2:13PM , 314 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution by directing $10 million in pandemic relief money to private schools, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a parents' group that supports public schools.

The lawsuit challenges the Independent Schools Infrastructure Grant Program.
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