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The Scott County Detention Center is located on Airport Road in Forest, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

A disjointed justice system left this Mississippi woman fighting for her life
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,01/25/22-4:12PM, 73 Reads 1,562 Statewide
Kizzetta McClendon’s alleged abuser was allowed to bond out of jail following violent attacks. More attacks allegedly ensued.

Kizzetta McClendon met Tony Boyd in November of 2019, and just four months later, she said, he was trying to kill her.
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This screen grab from video provided by Jackson Public Schools shows Kennedy Hobbs, left, at her graduation June 1, 2021, from Murrah High School. Hours later, the 18-year-old was fatally shot three times at a Texaco gas station in Jackson, Miss. Courtesy of Jackson Public School District

MCIR: Neighborhood official: ‘There’s something wrong when Jackson’s murder rate is higher than Atlanta’
By JIMMIE E. GATES - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Tue,01/25/22-11:30AM, 96 Reads 2,520 Statewide
Hours after graduating from Murrah High School, Kennedy Hobbs visited the cemetery where he
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State Auditor: Former Covington County Emergency Manager Arrested for Embezzlement, Fraud
By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR
Thu,01/20/22-4:24PM, 352 Reads 4,932 Statewide
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor:
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Clay County Circuit Judge James T. Kitchens inspects the .22-caliber weapon that killed Danelle Young in 2009 while Special Assistant Attorney General Jackie Bost II and Sandra Levick, legal director for the Mississippi Innocence Project, watch. Blair Ballou/MCIR

MCIR: Tameshia Shelton is serving life for murder. But was the death involved really a suicide?
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Mon,01/17/22-4:06PM, 104 Reads 4,428 Statewide
A hearing continues Tuesday to determine if a Clay County woman, serving a life sentence for the death of her sister’s boyfriend, will get a new trial.
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January 19, 2022