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This screen grab from video provided by Jackson Public Schools shows Kennedy Hobbs, left, at her graduation June 1, 2021, from Murrah High School. Hours later, the 18-year-old was fatally shot three times at a Texaco gas station in Jackson, Miss. Courtesy of Jackson Public School District

MCIR: Neighborhood official: ‘There’s something wrong when Jackson’s murder rate is higher than Atlanta’
By JIMMIE E. GATES - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Tue,01/25/22-11:30AM, 178 Reads 4,191 Statewide
Hours after graduating from Murrah High School, Kennedy Hobbs visited the cemetery where he
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Clay County Circuit Judge James T. Kitchens inspects the .22-caliber weapon that killed Danelle Young in 2009 while Special Assistant Attorney General Jackie Bost II and Sandra Levick, legal director for the Mississippi Innocence Project, watch. Blair Ballou/MCIR

MCIR: Tameshia Shelton is serving life for murder. But was the death involved really a suicide?
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Mon,01/17/22-4:06PM, 263 Reads 4,950 Statewide
A hearing continues Tuesday to determine if a Clay County woman, serving a life sentence for the death of her sister’s boyfriend, will get a new trial.
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Mississippi Stories: Dr. Jeannine Herron
By MARSHALL RAMSEY - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,01/17/22-9:54AM, 310 Reads 4,454 Statewide
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Duane Lake spent six years in the Coahoma County Jail in a triple homicide he didn’t commit before being acquitted and gaining his release in 2021. He lost his marriage, his livelihood and time with his children. Now he’s trying to put his life back together. Rory Doyle/MCIR

‘Dead zone’ leads innocent man to spend six years behind bars
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Thu,01/13/22-2:42PM, 457 Reads 5,526 Statewide
Duane Lake spent six years locked up in a jail cell in Clarksdale for a triple murder he didn’t commit.
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