Former Ole Miss student gets six months for hanging noose around James Meredith statue
September 18, 2015adminNewsComments Off on Former Ole Miss student gets six months for hanging noose around James Meredith statue
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A former University of Mississippi student who admitted helping place a noose on a statue of a civil rights activist is going to prison.
WTVA-TV reports a federal judge Thursday in Oxford sentenced Graeme Phillip Harris to six months in prison beginning Jan. 4, and 12 months’ supervised release. Harris’ lawyer argued he didn’t deserve jail time.
Harris pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor charge of using a threat of force to intimidate African-American students and employees. Prosecutors say he and two other former students placed a noose on the statue of James Meredith, a black man who integrated Ole Miss amid rioting in 1962.
A second man, Austin Reed Edenfield, had been scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday. That hearing was postponed. The third former student has not been charged.
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi senior linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche has been in the hospital this week for an undisclosed reason. Nkemdiche’s father Dr. Sunday Nkemdiche confirmed to The Associated Press via text message that Nkemdiche […]
August 28, 2014adminSportsComments Off on Bo or Boise? 5 things to watch when No. 18 Ole Miss opens the season Thursday night vs. Broncos
ATLANTA (AP) — Long an also-ran in the mighty Southeastern Conference, Mississippi is looking like a school no longer content with the status quo. First, the No. 18 Rebels must get by a team that […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Usher headlines a free concert as part of events leading up to the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The R&B star will preside over the Allstate Fan Fest, which takes over the Jax Brewery […]