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Lisa Ross, Bul Mabil's attorney, right, answers questions from the media after a court hearing about Dau Mabil's death investigation at the Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Independent autopsy next step in death probe of Jackson man
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,07/02/24-1:41PM , 202 Reads 5,320 Statewide
With completion of the state’s autopsy of Belhaven Heights resident Dau Mabil, showing death by drowning of unknown cause, his brother can move forward with getting a second independent autopsy he fought to obtain.
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Signs after a protest against police violence and the death of George Robinson in Jackson Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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Hinds judge enforces $17,786 settlement family rejected in Jackson man’s death
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/06/24-11:51AM , 139 Reads 5,464 Statewide
Weeks after the family of a Jackson man who died after a police interaction rejected a settlement and alleged the city violated a confidentiality agreement, a Hinds County judge sided with the city to enforce the settlement.
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Is Mississippi’s parole system broken?
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/05/24-2:11PM , 2,000 Reads 9,305 Statewide
This is the first of a year-long look at Mississippi’s parole system.

At 17, James Williams III shot and killed his father and stepmother in south Jackson, stuffed their bodies into plastic containers and dumped them in the woods in a different county.
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Crime, potholes, homelessness: Jackson turns to data for answers
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/30/24-11:41AM , 190 Reads 5,696 Statewide
Jackson is laying the groundwork to use data across city departments and use it to address, initially, youth crime, homelessness and infrastructure needs.
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