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Daniel Opdyke, a former Rankin County sheriff's deputy, looks to his family after being sentenced Wednesday in Brandon, Miss., on state charges stemming from the 2023 racially motivated torture of two Black men. (Associated Press)
Apr 11, 2024

Court sentences former lawmen in torture case

BRANDON, Miss. — Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges […]

Over Wednesday and Thursday, a federal judge in Jackson, Miss., sentenced the last four former law officers — from left, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Daniel Opdyke and Joshua Hartfield — who pleaded guilty in the horrific torture of two Black men in Rankin County, Miss. (Composite from Associated Press photo)
Mar 22, 2024

Court sentences last ‘Goon Squad’ case officers

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty […]


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