Former Noxubee County Deputy Vance Phillips heads to the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., where he will be sentenced before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
A former Noxubee County deputy will spend one day in prison after a federal judge said Tuesday that the jailed woman, who alleges the deputy sexually abused her for years “wasn’t really a victim.”