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Mississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Shoplifting Call
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (427+ words) A Mississippi police officer shot 1-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley while responding to a shoplifting call on Sunday, killing him and critically wounding an adult. The June 14 shooting involved officers from the Senatobia Police Department and the Tate County Sheriff's Department....
Supreme Court Nixes Alabama Request for Nitrogen Execution
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (962+ words) The justices decided not to lift an injunction blocking Alabama from carrying out what would have been the nation's ninth execution by nitrogen gas, rejecting a last-minute legal battle by the state as it sought to carry out the sentence…...
Mississippi State Auditor Can't Sue Favre or Others Over Welfare Funds, High Court Rules
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (494+ words) Mississippi's state auditor, Shad White, does not have the authority to try to recover misspent welfare funds through litigation, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The unanimous opinion affirmed that Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has the sole right…...
Southaven Residents Sue x AI Over Noise Concerns
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (456+ words) A group of Mississippians became the latest party to sue artificial intelligence giant x AI, arguing that its operations in Southaven, Mississippi, are degrading their quality of life. In a class-action lawsuit filed Monday, the plaintiffs allege that x AI's…...
Mississippi Judge Boots Lawyers From Both Sides of Case for "Blindly Relying on" AI
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (1327+ words) A federal judge in Mississippi booted all lawyers from a case on Tuesday after finding that counsel on both sides had used generative AI to draft legal filings and left hallucinated sources in the legal record. Last December, U. S. District Judge…...
ICE Will No Longer Report Deaths of Detainees Who Have Recently Been Released From Custody
1+ week, 4+ day ago (418+ words) The move rescinds a 2021 policy implemented by the Biden administration that required ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths of detainees that occur within 30 days of their release. The goal of the 2021 policy was to ensure that ICE could…...
Goon Squad Victims Sue Official for Remark on Dopers, Rapists
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1199+ words) Jenkins and Parker were ready to move on, with their lawyers, Trent Walker and Malik Z. Shabazz, issuing a statement asking the public to give "them and their families " their privacy in order to heal." The lawyers expressed their hope that…...
Jackson Mayor Declares "Victory" as Judge Limits State Takeover of Water System
1+ week, 6+ day ago (853+ words) A state takeover of Jackson's water system will be temporarily limited after U. S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate partially granted the Mississippi capital city's request for an injunction against the state-created Metro Jackson Water Authority Act. Wingate said his decision maintains…...
Supreme Court Rules for Black Death Row Inmate in Mississippi Over Racial Bias in Jury Makeup
2+ week, 4+ day ago (549+ words) By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner. "In this case, whether due to confusion, oversight, an overly hurried jury selection process, or…...
A Jury Found Trump Liable of Sexually Abusing E. Jean Carroll. His DOJ Is Investigating Her.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (201+ words) A jury in 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million. The following year, another jury awarded Carroll $83. 3 million in a defamation case related to Trump's social media attacks on her. The Trump-appointed Justice Department is investigating…...