Miss. Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today. Stories helped put 4 KKK members & serial killer behind bars. Author, Race Against Time.
Jackson, United States (Local)
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Jerry Mitchell's coverage predominantly focuses on local government and politics, as well as cultural and societal issues in Mississippi. He often covers evolving stories with a focus on historical events, investigations, and legal policy regulation.
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By: Jerry Mitchell
Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.
By: Jerry Mitchell
The rural public defender pilot program tackles a third of the felony cases In Attala, Winston, Montgomery and Grenada counties and handles cases in Carroll, Choctaw and Webster counties when conflicts arise.
By: Jerry Mitchell
The fate of a pilot program to provide public defenders in rural counties — called “a model for the nation” — is now in the hands of a legislative conference committee.
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By: Jerry Mitchell
Retired Circuit Judge Bob Helfrich, best known for prosecuting Sam Bowerrs as an assistant district attorney in the killing of Vernon Dahmer Sr., died Tuesday.
By: Jerry Mitchell
A federal lawsuit filed by the family of Jared Padgett accuses Simpson County deputies of "an exercise of brute, mortal force inflicted to needlessly kill a young man who needed medical attention."
By: Jerry Mitchell
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a judge's ruling that Rankin County deputies bore no blame for the 2021 death of Damien Cameron after
By: Jerry Mitchell
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a judge's ruling that Rankin County deputies bore no blame for the 2021 death of Damien Cameron after
By: Jerry Mitchell
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a judge's ruling that Rankin County deputies bore no blame for the 2021 death of Damien Cameron after
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History said a collection of 1960s Ku Klux Klan materials discovered at the Department of Public Safety can be viewed by the public in its research library in downtown Jackson.
