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STABBING DEATH-SENTENCE Life sentence hand down in stabbing death of woman   PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) – A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the August 2014 stabbing death of […]

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Man gets life in prison for murder of Jackson St. professor

CANTON, Miss. (AP) – A 22-year-old man accused in the death of a Jackson State University professor has been sentenced to life in prison. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/1HkwxbL) Melvin Potts was convicted Wednesday in the […]

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Last adult to be sentenced in Mississippi racial assaults

By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The last of 10 young white adults who repeatedly assaulted black people in Mississippi’s capital city is set for sentencing Friday. U.S. District Judge Henry T. […]

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Former assistant principal sentenced for sexual battery

LEXINGTON, Mississippi (AP) — A former assistant principal in Holmes County has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for sexual battery of a 10th grade student. George Lomax, the former assistant principal of […]

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Mississippi Judge’s Speech To 3 White Murderers

The Mississippi Link Newswire What follows is the speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves that he read to the three young white defendants right before he sentenced them for the death of James Craig […]