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309 ABA Journal Mississippi articles.

Suit in ‘Shackling Case’ Cites Reform-School Problems

Two years after Mississippi settled a lawsuit that claimed abuses at a state reform school, a new suit cites continuing problems. Five of the six plaintiffs say they were shackled for 12 hours a day while at Columbia Training School, and three say they were able cut themselves while on…

Jul 12, 2007 3:50 PM CDT

Young Trial Atty Wins Big Katrina Case

A renowned trial lawyer on the Mississippi gulf coast who had a big influence in the life of novelist John Grisham, attorney Will Denton made a name for himself as a plaintiff lawyer after Hurricane Camille hit the state in 1969. He didn’t live to see the devastation wrought on…

Jul 6, 2007 9:41 PM CDT

Judge: Scruggs in Criminal Contempt

A federal judge in Alabama is asking the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute a high-profile trial lawyer for criminal contempt, contending that Richard Scruggs brazenly violated a court injunction by sharing documents concerning Hurricane Katrina-related insurance claims with the Mississippi attorney general. In an order, Dist. Judge William Acker asks…

Jun 16, 2007 1:16 AM CDT

Ex-Klansman on Trial for 1964 Kidnapping

Trial began yesterday in Jackson, Miss., for former Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale, accused of kidnapping two black men before they were murdered in 1964. In opening arguments, prosecutor Paige Fitzgerald said the trial would offer “an inside view into the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a…

Jun 5, 2007 4:46 PM CDT

43 Years Later, KKK Killings Trial Begins

Nearly five decades after two young black men were abducted, beaten and dumped, still alive, into the Mississippi River to drown, one of their alleged murderers is finally being tried. Jury selection began today in the case of Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale, who was also charged shortly after…

May 31, 2007 12:16 AM CDT

Making Brown Real

A North Carolina Family Fought Threats and Intimidation After Suing to Integrate Schools

Apr 1, 2004 9:25 PM CST

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