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Corpuz: Did prosecutors drop the ball in ex-Ole Miss student’s attempted murder trial?
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,07/24/24-2:11PM , 191 Reads 6,235 Statewide
Below is an opinion column by Mina Corpuz:

Prosecution witnesses never called. A subpoena never served. An expert witness never called to rebut a defense expert, and questions about prosecutors’ role that led the judge to acquit a defendant in north Mississippi charged with attempted murder.
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Bul Mabil, right, listens as Karissa Bowley answers questions during a court hearing concerning the investigation of the death of her husband, Dau Mabil, at the Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Dau Mabil’s family agrees on pathologist to perform independent autopsy
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/18/24-12:31PM , 125 Reads 4,566 Statewide
After weeks of back and forth, the widow and brother of Dau Mabil have agreed on a pathologist who can perform an independent autopsy.
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As heat rises, inmates and staff swelter in Mississippi’s prisons
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,07/08/24-1:01PM , 195 Reads 7,491 Statewide
As of Friday, five of the six locations where Mississippi’s prisons are located are under a National Weather Service heat advisory.

And the Mississippi Department of Corrections has no clear timeline as to when it will install air conditioning to bring relief to inmates and staff.
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Bul Mabil, right, listens as Karissa Bowley answers questions during a court hearing concerning the investigation of the death of her husband, Dau Mabil, at the Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Dau Mabil’s brother goes back to court to get independent autopsy started
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,07/05/24-2:01PM , 119 Reads 5,104 Statewide
The brother of Dau Mabil, the Jackson man whose body was recovered from the Pearl River three weeks after he disappeared, is asking a judge to enforce an order to allow an independent autopsy to proceed.

The state’s autopsy, released late last month, determined death by drowning by unknown cause.
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