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Prosecutor who excluded Black jurors repeatedly resigns after 30 years
theGrio via AOL· 12 months agoDoug Evans is resigning Friday, six months before his term ends. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white...
Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal appeals court has found that the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases. District Attorney Doug Evans has ...
NAACP branch loses lawsuit challenging Doug Evans jury selection process in Mississippi
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 17—JACKSON — A county NAACP branch and its members do not have a right to prevent a Mississippi prosecutor with a recorded history of racial bias from striking them from future juries, ...
Man on death row, tried by same prosecutor in Curtis Flowers' case, will get a new trial
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTerry Pitchford, who had been the youngest prisoner on Mississippi's death row had his murder conviction and death sentence overturned by a federal judge.