Mississippi

Attorneys and activists say that a Mississippi sheriff was "complicit" in the criminal acts of deputies he oversaw.
A federal judge has given prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six white officers for an hourslong “egregious and despicable" attack.
Christian Dedmon was the fourth former sheriff’s deputy sentenced in the 2003 attacks on Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
Mississippi prison health care contractors withheld cancer diagnosis and treatment for years, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.
Local attorney Jill Jefferson was convicted of multiple misdemeanors on Jan. 31, but the judge reversed course without explanation.
Industry pros share the places that stole their hearts and launched their careers.
The Justice Department is also investigating the Lexington Police Department over concerns that it unfairly target Black residents.
Mississippi isn’t just racist, it’s where racists go to sharpen their racism. It’s where normal systems go to learn how to be systematically racist.
Sixteen-year-old Duvan Robert Tomas Perez was killed after being pulled into a machine while cleaning a Mar-Jac Poultry plant.
The manager of Jackson’s long-troubled water system called it a devastating setback for rebuilding public trust.