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Emmett Till poses for a photo with his mother, Mamie, before his fateful trip to Mississippi. National Museum of African-American History and Culture

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MCIR: Here’s the proof against Carolyn Bryant Donham in the Emmett Till case. Is it enough to convict her?
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Fri,07/15/22-5:32PM , 433 Reads 19,218 Statewide
Carolyn Bryant’s secret memoir contains new proof she is lying about the night Till was killed, retired FBI agent says
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Amanda Hamilton can’t understand why her son , Shelby Wilson, was denied parole after he violated probation from his felony prescription drug conviction.Prison records show no rule violations, and her son resisted joining a gang. She found him a sober living house, a job and transportation. Brair Parker Ballou/MCIR

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MCIR: Mississippi prison population back on rise, thanks to flurry of parole rejections
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Fri,05/20/22-1:04PM , 972 Reads 30,167 Statewide

Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation last year aimed at expanding parole eligibility, believing it could be a “net positive for Mississippi.”
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The U.S. Justice Department , which began investigating Mississippi State Penteentiary in Parchman after MCIR and ProPublica reported on the increases in grisly violence, gang control and subhuman living conditions, on April 20, 2022, found conditions at the State Penitentiary at Parchman violate the Constitution. MCIR

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Justice Department hammers Mississippi State Penitentiary for violent, inhumane conditions
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Fri,04/22/22-5:14PM , 1,417 Reads 65,475 Statewide
Justice Department officials said Wednesday that conditions at the State Penitentiary at Parchman violate the Constitution.
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Governor Phil Bryant after delivering the State of the State address in the House of Representatives Chamber of the Mississippi State Capitol Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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New welfare scandal revelations evoke stories of past misspending
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,04/20/22-2:26PM , 1,469 Reads 38,197 Statewide
Editor’s note: This story was first published by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting as a follow-up to Mississippi Today’s “The Backchannel” investigation, which examined former Gov.
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