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In this May 25, 2022, photo released by the Mississippi Department of Corrections is Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. The Mississippi attorney general's office is asking the state to set an execution date for Loden, now 58. The former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter was convicted in the 2000 rape and killing of a 16-year-old waitress, and has been on death row since 2001, when he pleaded guilty to capital murder, rape and four counts of sexual battery. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP)

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Mississippi seeks execution date in 2000 killing of teenager
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,10/04/22-4:53PM , 233 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi attorney general's office is asking the state to set an execution date for a former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter who was convicted in the 2000 rape and killing of a 16-year-old waitress.
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James Meredith, who in 1962 became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, is honored during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Mississippi and Kentucky in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. The university is holding several events this academic year to mark 60 years of integration and to honor Meredith's legacy. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning)

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Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,10/01/22-6:28AM , 237 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll in what was then a bastion of Deep South segregation.
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Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba speaks at a Sept. 6, 2022, news conference, at City Hall. regarding updates on the ongoing water infrastructure issues. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Water crisis tests Mississippi mayor who started as activist
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,09/30/22-12:05AM , 304 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi's capital was 5 years old when his parents moved their family from New York to Jackson in 1988 so that his father, who had been involved in a Black nationalist movement in the 1970s, could return to the unfinished business of challenging inequity and fighting racial injustice.
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Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Jackson, Miss., regarding updates on the ongoing water infrastructure issues, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi city with water woes to replace some lead pipes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,09/28/22-5:22PM , 185 Reads
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