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Attorney Cliff Johnson, director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, speaks during a hearing in Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson. The center released a survey Thursday showing that two-thirds of Mississippi counties have grand juries that meet two or three times a year, which contributes to long pretrial detention in county jails. (By The Associated Press)

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Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,12/01/23-2:00AM , 497 Reads
JACKSON — Most people in Mississippi’s county jails have been locked up at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on trial.
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Attorney Cliff Johnson, director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, speaks during a hearing, May 10, 2023, in Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss. The center released a survey Thursday, Nov. 30, showing that two-thirds of Mississippi counties have grand juries that meet two or three times a year, which contributes to long pretrial detention in county jails. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,11/30/23-8:02AM , 648 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most people in Mississippi's county jails have been locked up at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on trial.
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Lawsuit seeks $5M for ex-delivery driver who says 2 men shot at him
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,11/30/23-2:00AM , 1441 Reads
JACKSON — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his former employer, FedEx.
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D'Monterrio Gibson speaks Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at a news conference in Ridgeland, Miss., about an attack he said happened days earlier while he was delivering packages for FedEx in Brookhaven, Miss. Attorney Carlos Moore, right, filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of Gibson on Nov. 20, 2023, against FedEx and against the two men who are facing criminal charges in the incident. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,11/29/23-12:08PM , 546 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his former employer, FedEx.
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