Jeff Amy
January 21, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Judges: Pandemic Could Backlog Jury Trials for YearsMelton told state lawmakers that judges have been busy holding some kinds of hearing, using more online technology than ever before.
By Jeff Amy, The Associated Press
3 minute read
December 26, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Mississippi Chief Justice: Time for Another to Lead CourtChief Justice Bill Waller's court has at times questioned problems with forensic evidence but passed when asked to rule on the legality of Mississippi's cap on punitive damages.
By Jeff Amy, Associated Press
5 minute read
April 24, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Stuck in Jail: Low Income Inmates in Mississippi Wait Long for TrialA recent survey of Mississippi jails conducted by the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law and released to The Associated Press shows that 2,500 defendants—more than one-third of all of those jailed before trial—have been in jail 90 or more consecutive days. More than 600 have been in jail longer than a year.
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press
6 minute read
October 19, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Jailed 96 Days on Bogus Charge: It Is No One's Fault?Civil liberties advocates in have been waging legal battles to reform Mississippi's criminal justice system, which provides almost no state funding for public defenders. Similar lawsuits have been filed across the country.
By Jeff Amy
10 minute read
August 18, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Mississippi Jurors Get Oil Spill Fraud Case Against LawyerTexas lawyer Mikal Watts and six other people each had plenty of opportunity to know they had a fake client list and were pursuing bogus claims after 2010's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, prosecutors told Mississippi jurors Wednesday in closing arguments.
By Jeff Amy
7 minute read
August 28, 2014 | Daily Report Online
Defense: No Evidence in Silicone Injection DeathDefense attorneys for a woman accused of killing a Georgia woman in 2012 through illicit silicone buttocks injections tried Wednesday to undermine the testimony of the lead investigator
By Jeff Amy
3 minute read
April 22, 2013 | Daily Report Online
FBI: No Ricin Found in Home of Mississippi SuspectInvestigators haven't found any ricin in the house of a Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge, according to testimony Monday from an FBI agent.
By JEFF AMY
3 minute read
April 19, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Miss. becomes 3rd state to sue BP for oil spillMississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
By Jeff Amy
1 minute read
April 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online
High court orders new trial over jury instructionsThe State Supreme Court says jury instructions in the murder trial of Twonia Renee Williams were unfair and that she should get a new trial.
By Jeff Amy
1 minute read
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