Jackson

  • FBI Raids Business Linked to Mississippi District Attorney Jody Owens

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted a raid on Downtown Cigar Company, a business in Jackson, Mississippi, associated with Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens. The raid occurred on May 22, though the exact reasons remain undisclosed. Marshay Lawson, Public Affairs Officer for the FBI in Jackson, confirmed to the Mississippi Free Press that…

  • Sister of George Robinson Rejects Settlement Offer Amidst Breach of Confidentiality

    Following the disclosure of settlement details by the City of Jackson, Bettersten Wade, the sister of George Robinson, has chosen to decline the proposed agreement, citing a violation of confidentiality. Robinson passed away in January 2019, just days after an altercation with three Jackson police officers who were in pursuit of a murder suspect. The…

  • Georgia Executes Death Row Inmate Willie Pye for 1993 Murder, Plus a Brief Update on The Death Penalty

    The state of Georgia carried out its first execution in more than four years on Wednesday, putting death row inmate Willie Pye to death by lethal injection for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. The execution took place at 11:03 p.m. at a prison in Jackson, about 50 miles south of Atlanta, as confirmed…