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Leflore County grand jury declines again to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham in Emmett Till lynching
By KEVIN EDWARDS - Greenwood Commonwealth
Tue,08/09/22-2:24PM, 531 Reads
For the second time, a Leflore County grand jury has decided there is insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham in connection with the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.
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A picture captured from the Sallis Dollar General store camera shows the suspect who the Attala County Sheriff’s Office is looking for after a Monday night armed robbery at the store. Courtesy of the Attala County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office looking for armed robbery suspect
By Ruthie Robison
Wed,07/27/22-1:40PM, 7,866 Reads
The Attala County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspect of an armed robbery that
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Sparse affidavit offers few new details in Jay Lee case, but legal experts say that’s not unusual
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today
Wed,07/27/22-9:02AM, 803 Reads
Oxford police presented little on-the-record evidence other than the word of a detective to obtain a warrant to arrest Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., a recent Ole Miss graduate, for the first-degree murder of Jimmie “Jay” Lee, according to an affidavit obtained by Mississippi Today.
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Oxford police charge recent Ole Miss grad with murder in Jay Lee case
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today
Mon,07/25/22-10:02AM, 353 Reads
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., a recent graduate of University of Mississippi, has been charged with murder in the case of Jimmie “Jay” Lee, a 20-year-old Black student who was well-known in Oxford’s LGBTQ community.
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