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Email this page HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – A federal judge sentenced three Hattiesburg men last week under Project EJECT, which is an initiative by the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Mississippi to reduce violent crime. On Wednesday, Judge Keith Starrett sentenced 25-year-old Alfred McCaskill, 20-year-old Christian Jamal Martin and 30-year-old Marcus Foster
Email this pageAmidst a week of hopscotching from Iowa to New Hampshire, former Vice President Joe Biden is taking some time off the trail, heading to Delaware to meet with advisers ahead of the eighth Democratic debate Friday, hosted by ABC News. The debate could be crucial for Biden, who is coming off what he
Email this pageFor weeks, Mississippi’s prisons have been gripped by crisis. At least a dozen inmates have been slain or killed themselves, and feuding gangs have forced lockdowns. Images and videos taken on smuggled cellphones have highlighted deteriorating conditions, and legislators and activists have asked for federal intervention. The Justice Department responded to the turmoil
Email this page With Mr. Trump’s acquittal all but certain, some Republican senators have begun acknowledging that Mr. Trump’s pressuring of Ukraine for political investigations that would benefit him politically was inappropriate, or even wrong. But most say his actions, even if improper, do not clear the high bar for ejecting a president from office.
Email this pageAnother inmate has died at Mississippi State Penitentiary, the county coroner said Wednesday. Thomas Lee, 49, was found hanging in his cell Wednesday morning in Unit 29, where some of the most violent criminals are held, said Sunflower County Coroner Heather Burton and the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC). When guards found Lee
