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Evidence awaits testing in the toxicology lab at the state Crime Lab in Jackson, Miss., July 6, 2007. Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continued to pile up in Mississippi even as state leaders have touted tough-on-crime governance and a commitment to victims this year heading into the Nov. 7, 2024 general election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Delayed homicide autopsies pile up in Mississippi despite tough-on-crime-talk
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,10/23/23-11:04AM , 115 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi - despite tough-on-crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election.
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Ted Henifin, the interim third-party manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to help fix the long-troubled water system of Jackson, Miss., speaks about the expansive list of reforms the city's water department is undertaking, June 5, 2023, at the Stennis-Capitol Press Corps lunch in Jackson. In an interview, Henifin addressed the timeline for improvements to Jackson's water system, pushback from local activists and how to price water fairly. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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What's changed — and what hasn't — a year after Mississippi capital's water crisis?
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,10/17/23-4:37PM , 51 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Water is flowing again to nearly all of Mississippi’s capital city.
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Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey, right, speaks to an attendee at an employer engagement forum in Jackson, Miss., Nov. 4, 2021. Bailey, the Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the racist torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi sheriff aims to avoid liability from federal lawsuit over torture of Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,10/13/23-6:30PM , 77 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him.
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Residents sue Mississippi city for declaring their properties blighted in redevelopment plan
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,10/12/23-5:42PM , 81 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city failed to properly inform property owners in a majority-Black neighborhood that their homes could be targeted for eminent domain under a redevelopment plan, some residents argue in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.
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