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NAACP Sues Over Miss. GOP’s Foray Into Capital City Courts

Ann Saunders and other plaintiffs in the state case are represented by Cliff Johnson and Jacob W. Howard at the MacArthur Justice Center at University of Mississippi School of Law.

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These teens escaped life without parole. But they will still die in a Mississippi prison.

MJC's Jake Howard filed an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court arguing the 95-year total sentence deprived Bell of the meaningful opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation required for juvenile non-homicide offenders by the Eighth Amendment.

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear MacArthur Justice Center Case

On Nov. 3, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in the University of Mississippi School of Law MacArthur Justice Center case of State of Mississippi v. Brett Jones. Jones was sentenced and later re-sentenced to life without parole for a crime he committed just 23 days after his fifteenth birthday.

University of Mississippi School of Law

Settlement Ends “Debtors’ Prison” System in Jackson, Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. — The landmark settlement of a federal class action against the City of Jackson, Mississippi, has brought an end to that city’s self-described “pay or stay” system alleged to have sent hundreds of people to jail each year because they could not pay fines and fees in misdemeanor cases. The City has agreed...

Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenges City of Jackson’s “Debtors’ Prison”

JACKSON, Miss. — The City of Jackson’s “pay or stay” jailing system has resulted in the unconstitutional imprisonment of hundreds of poor people unable to pay traffic fines and other court debts from misdemeanor cases, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. The court practices in...