There are never enough lawyers to provide indigent defense, but the situation has gotten worse since the pandemic.
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For years, Mississippi’s local courts have avoided clarity about how they deliver the Constitution’s promise that poor criminal defendants wil…
Under the shadow of a rushed and unusually chaotic budget process last month, Mississippi legislators approved nearly $700,000 for a pilot pro…
NEW ORLEANS – A former Amory teacher will get to use his same attorney — at taxpayer expense — as he appeals his nearly 200-year prison senten…
TUPELO – A who’s who of the Mississippi legal profession packed a Lee County circuit courtroom Friday afternoon to see John Weddle make the tr…
TUPELO – A who’s who of the Mississippi legal profession packed a Lee County circuit courtroom Friday afternoon to see John Weddle make the tr…
The State of Mississippi issued a mandate effective July 1 to help alleviate a gap in the judicial system. In doing so, counties are to provid…
FULTON • The Itawamba County Board of Supervisors recently moved to help address a newly heavy case workload for its public defender.
Some problems have no easy solutions. Right now, Itawamba County – along with many other counties in Mississippi – is facing one of those prob…
Two recent editorials in Emmerich newspapers deserve our attention. Both dealt with people held in jail too long and the legislative responses…