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'Crime albatross': How Jackson and Mississippi are addressing homicide rates
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMurder rates are down in the Jackson area in 2023, but law enforcement officials continue to say...
Pearl River man pleads guilty in child porn case for possessing more than 400 images
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA Pearl River County man is facing a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to possessing...
Man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for cross burning
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black...
How has the Hate Crime Law been used to protect the gay community?
Newsy via AOL· 7 months agoMatthew Shephard President Obama signed the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime...
Why hate speech can't always be prosecuted as a hate crime
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHate speech seems so prevalent these days, partly because creating and spreading it is so easy using...
Michigan man pleads guilty to hate crimes after threats to Black Lives Matter supporters
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Michigan man accused of intimidating and attempting to intimidate people showing support for Black...
Racist Cross Burner Will Be Out of Prison As Soon as He Goes In
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAxel C. Cox, 24, has been sentenced in the racially motivated cross burning from December 2020,...
Frances McDormand’s 10 Best Roles
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe post Frances McDormand’s 10 Best Roles appeared first on Consequence. Top Performances is a recurring feature in which we definitively handpick the...
From the archives | Arsons symbolic of racial divide: Fires fuel concerns that history is repeating...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story originally published July 2, 1996. It is being republished as part of the commemoration...
Jury finds Conehatta man guilty in shooting
The Meridian Star, Miss. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 7—A Conehatta man was found guilty of multiple federal charges by a jury Thursday after a four-day trial. In a news release, U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and FBI Special Agent in Charge ...