Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hunter Elward, a former Rankin County deputy, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in connection to the abuse and ...

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A federal judge in Jackson, Mississippi, sentenced two former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Tuesday for their roles in torturing and sexually assaulting two Black men in January 2023. The two ...

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Jackson, Miss. — The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers were sentenced to decades in prison during hearings in federal court in Jackson this week for their roles in the torture of two Black ...

March 20 (UPI) --Former Mississippi sheriff's deputies Daniel Opdyke and Christian Dedmon on Wednesday became the latest members of the self-described Rankin County "Goon Squad" to be sentenced to ...

On a Tuesday night in January, five sheriff’s deputies from Rankin County, Mississippi, and a police officer from a neighboring department forced their way into the home where Eddie Parker and Michael ...

Brandon, Mississippi (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison. Their sentences ...