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Rankin County torture incident. On January 24, 2023, six white law enforcement officers, five from the Rankin County Sheriff's Office and one from the Richland Police Department, tortured two black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, at a home in Braxton, Mississippi. Police were called to the home by a white neighbor who reported that ...
Casey White prison escape. The prison escape of Casey White took place on April 29, 2022, when White, who was awaiting trial in a capital murder case, escaped the Lauderdale County Jail in Florence, Alabama, United States. Corrections officer Vicky White (no relation) engineered and facilitated the escape by taking Casey in a car to what she ...
Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden speaks at the press conference Thursday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2020 that announced charge in the Westwood Apple Market killing in 2003.
Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) [1] [2] was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. On February 18, 1965, while unarmed and participating in a peaceful voting rights march in his city, he was beaten by troopers and fatally shot ...
August 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM. Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden lost his reelection bid in Tuesday’s primary, signaling discontent among a majority of Republican voters over his long-running ...
Between 1812 and 1965, 708 people were executed in Alabama. Until 1927, hanging was the primary method of execution, although one person was put to death by firing squad . In addition to murder, capital crimes in Alabama formerly included rape, arson, and robbery. [11] According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, 31 persons were executed ...
The 43-year-old building that hosts a little more than 60 inmates and the entire Johnson County Sheriff's Office, is no longer a suitable home, sheriff Brad Kunkel told the Press-Citizen. He said ...
Charles L. Greenlee (born 4 June 1933, Florida), [9] was the son of Thomas H. and Emma Greenlee, who were born in Georgia and Alabama, respectively. [10] His family was living in Columbia County when he was two, [11] but they had moved to Baker County by the time Charles was 12. [10]