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- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., alongside other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaks in front of the senate chambers about their support of voting rights legislation at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2022. The Supreme Court's decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act and reviving the need for Congress to intervene. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
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High court's Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights
By LISA MASCARO AND FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press
Tue,02/08/22-1:59PM , 199 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's decision to
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- A security notice is posted outside the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond, Miss., on June 12, 2015. A federal judge has issued a civil contempt order over conditions at the detention center. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, that Hinds County officials have failed to fix problems in the jail that has experienced violence and lax security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Judge issues contempt order over county jail in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,02/07/22-6:08PM , 409 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a civil contempt order against Mississippi's largest county, saying officials have failed to fix more than two dozen problems in a jail plagued by violence and lax security.
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- Sen. Rodger Smitherman compares U.S. Representative district maps during the special session on redistricting at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Nov. 3, 2021. The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court ruling that Alabama must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections, boosting Republican chances to hold six of the state’s seven seats in the House of Representatives. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)
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Supreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case
By MARK SHERMAN AND JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press
Mon,02/07/22-4:20PM , 342 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court put on hold a lower court ruling that Alabama must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power.
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Mississippi woman pleads guilty in murder-for-hire scheme
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Mon,02/07/22-3:26PM , 168 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman pleaded guilty Monday to a charge in an unsuccessful murder-for-hire scheme, federal authorities said.

Jessica Leeann Sledge, 40, of Pelahatchie, appeared before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves and pleaded to a charge of using interstate commerce facilities in commission of a killing.
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