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Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show

By GERARD EDIC GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Sun,07/19/26-2:34PM, 1,708 Reads 45,047 Statewide
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment requires states to provide lawyers to criminal defendants who cannot afford one. Mississippi delegates that responsibility to counties, a system civil rights attorneys say is inconsistent and ineffective.
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CORRECTS THE POSITIONS OF WILLIAMS AND NEWSOME - Dedrick Williams, left, Trayvon Newsome, center, and Michael Boatwright were found guilty of first-degree murder of XXXTentacion at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

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XXXTentacion's convicted killers sentenced to life in prison

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,04/06/23-5:41PM, 1,708 Reads
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three men were given life sentences on Thursday for the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside a South Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000.
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Gary Dewayne Conner

Posted On Fri, 07/10/2015 - 01:36 PM, 1,707 Reads
Gary Dewayne Conner, 56, of Quitman, passed away on July 9, 2015 at Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, LA.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : July 15, 2022

By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Fri,07/15/22-2:56PM, 1,706 Reads 32,737 Statewide
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.
New cases of COVID-19:

1,611

New COVID-19 positive test results reported to MSDH as of 3 P.M. yesterday.
Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once.
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