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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson began work on her memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ shortly after joining the court in 2022. (Associated Press file)
Sep 12, 2024

Jackson tours to promote new memoir, ‘Lovely One’

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has embarked on a nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, “Lovely One.” Jackson, 53, is using the book to trace her […]

A state lawsuit filed by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch alleges 13 companies participated in ‘the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history’ by over-prescribing opioids. (Associated Press file)
Sep 3, 2024

Mississippi lawsuit alleges over-prescription of opioids

JACKSON, Miss. — The state of Mississippi is suing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers alleging that opioids were over-prescribed. Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed the suit Thursday in Hinds […]

In McElrath v. Georgia, the United States Supreme Court ruled that ‘when a jury acquits someone of a crime at trial, whatever the jury’s reason, the Double Jeopardy Clause protects them from being retried’ under a state’s ‘repugnancy’ doctrine that governs verdicts that can neither legally nor logically possibly exist simultaneously. (Associated Press file)
Apr 24, 2024

Commentary: Once a jury acquits someone of a crime, that’s it

Once a jury acquits a person at trial, even if it simultaneously issues a so-called “inconsistent guilty verdict,” the Double Jeopardy Clause prevents the government from retrying the person for the acquitted charge.

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 […]

Jan 2, 2024

Federal court temporarily delays new state court in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson starting on Monday. The […]

Sep 28, 2023

Mississippi activists ask to join water lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. — Activists in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city are trying to join a federal lawsuit against the city for violating standards for clean drinking water, even as they say […]

Jul 27, 2023

Lawsuit continues 11 years after Jackson’s death

LOS ANGELES — Workers for corporations owned by Michael Jackson had no legal obligation to protect children from the pop star, an attorney told an appeals court Wednesday. Jackson estate […]


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