Prison reform advocate Mitzi Magleby (left) and Rev. Jeff Hood, Execution Intervention Project co-founder, protest the state's upcoming executions during a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, May 28, 2025 in Jackson. Hood's daughter Madeleine holds one end of a banner with her brother Quinley (not pictured). Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Advocates who oppose the death penalty and are organizing to halt further executions in the state stood outside the Mississippi Supreme Court Wednesday to send a message to the justices and the attorney general: Stand down.
