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Justice System Should Help, Not Just Punishnew

Due to a tragic confluence of a lumbering criminal-justice system that gives prosecutors preference over defendants and ignores the sometimes obvious mental health challenges of the people it locks up, the lives of Larry David McLaurin and Markuieze Bennett ended in the Raymond Detention Center.
Jackson Free Press  |  JFP Editorial Board  |  05-16-2014  |  Crime & Justice

Martin, Zimmerman Should Give Pausenew

In the rush to approve whatever new gun law the NRA happens to be pushing at the time, legislators forget that the laws they create will lead to real-world confrontations, leaving teenaged boys and grown men with guns to figure out the limits of the law among themselves under the darkness of night skies.
Jackson Free Press  |  JFP Editorial Board  |  07-18-2013  |  Crime & Justice

Put Funds into Education, Not Guardsnew

Last week, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves went on the record to push the National Rifle Association's pro-gun agenda in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press  |  JFP Editorial Board  |  01-17-2013  |  Crime & Justice

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