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- U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate smiles on Aug. 19, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Wingate ruled Thursday, June 1, 2023, that the Mississippi chief justice cannot be a defendant in a lawsuit that challenges a state law dealing with appointed judges. Wingate cited the principle of judicial immunity, which prevents judges from being sued for most of their judicial acts. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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US judge condemns Mississippi city's 'crime cancer' as he removes state justice from lawsuit
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,06/02/23-2:58PM , 333 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over a state law that requires him to appoint some judges in the capital city of Jackson, a federal judge wrote Thursday in a ruling that also condemned violence in the city.
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- Absentee ballots wait to be processed at the Lee County Circuit Clerk's Office in Tupelo, Miss., on Nov. 3, 2020. A lawsuit filed Wednesday, May 31, 2023, seeks to block a Mississippi law that will put new restrictions on who can gather other people's absentee ballots. The law is set to take effect July 1, and the lawsuit argues that it could disenfranchise voters with disabilities by preventing them from receiving help from people they trust. (Thomas Wells/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP, File)
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Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,06/02/23-12:39PM , 363 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's new restrictions on absentee ballots could disenfranchise voters who have disabilities by preventing them from receiving help from people they trust, according to a lawsuit that seeks to block the restrictions.
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- Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves addresses supporters at a rally at Stribling Equipment in Richland, Miss., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Reeves is seeking reelection to a second term. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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No sign of Mississippi governor fulfilling pledge on campaign funds tied to welfare case
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,05/30/23-4:26PM , 498 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Financial documents show no sign that Mississippi Gov.
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11-year-old boy says he thought he would die after Mississippi police officer shot him
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,05/30/23-11:12AM , 919 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An 11-year-old Mississippi boy who called police to help his family and then was shot by an officer said the bullet that pierced his lung felt “like a big punch to the chest."
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