DNA, Death Row and Supreme Court

The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled against a McComb attorney’s appeal to disqualify a special judge appointed in his case.
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of the man who was sentenced in the 2020 shooting death of a Jackson ...
Ali M. ShamsidDeen is suing the Jackson Democratic Executive Committee after he was disqualified from running in the upcoming ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - A former probation officer will remain jailed after the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed his 2022 ...
A woman thought her money would be protected in her attorney friend’s law firm trust account. Here’s what happened.
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide whether a permanent voting ban on people convicted of felonies in Mississippi is cruel and unusual punishment. The court, in 2023 ...
“The court found that Mr. ShamsidDeen’s homestead property, vehicle registration, and voter registration were outside the ...
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting should be overturned. The Jim Crow-era practice extends ...
The provision was adopted in 1890 during Jim Crow era Lower court rejected a lawsuit challenging the policy Plaintiffs argued that the policy violates US Constitution Jan 27 (Reuters) - The U.S ...
From a prison cell, one former deputy recounted how illegal searches and brutal beatings were used for years to help make ...
A Jackson man sentenced to life in prison for killing a Jackson firefighter has had his conviction upheld by the Mississippi ...
A Mississippi state judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing city officials from its website, a move that ...