Mina Corpuz

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Execution date set for oldest Mississippi death row inmate - Magnolia State Live

1 week ago | magnoliastatelive.com | Mina Corpuz

Published 5:42 am Friday, May 2, 2025 by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today May 1, 2025Decades after Richard Jordan received a death sentence and went through years of appeals, the Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled his execution, the oldest and longest serving person on Mississippi’s death row. The Thursday order comes nearly two decades after the kidnap and murder of a Gulf Coast woman. Jordan, 78, is set to be executed June 25 at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Justices set execution date for oldest, longest serving death row inmate

1 week ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

Decades after Richard Jordan received a death sentence and went through years of appeals, the Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled his execution, the oldest and longest serving person on Mississippi’s death row. The Thursday order comes nearly two decades after the kidnap and murder of a Gulf Coast woman. Jordan, 78, is set to be executed June 25 at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Federal funding loss puts help for domestic violence, crime victims at risk

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

Mississippi nonprofit centers that serve survivors of domestic violence, dating violence and sexual assault have been unable to apply for crucial federal grants, creating uncertainty and potentially jeopardizing services and staffing. The U.S. Department of Justice awards tens of millions of dollars yearly through the Violence Against Women Act, but in February, grant information was taken down from the Office on Violence Against Women’s website right before the usual application deadline.
With domestic violence law, victims ‘will be a number with a purpose,’ mother says

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

Joslin Napier. Carlos Collins. Bailey Mae Reed. They are among Mississippi domestic violence homicide victims whose family members carried their photos as the governor signed a bill that will establish a board to study such deaths and how to prevent them. Tara Gandy, who lost her daughter Napier in Waynesboro in 2022, said it’s a moment she plans to tell her 5-year-old grandson about when he is old enough.
Mar-Jac Poultry on 'Dirty Dozen' list over safety risks

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

A Georgia poultry company that operates a Hattiesburg plant where a teenage temporary worker died has been placed again on a national list of unsafe and reckless employers. Mar-Jac Poultry was named one of the “Dirty Dozen” in a Thursday report by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health. It made the list last year, too. Other companies on the list are in areas including agriculture, retail, health care, fast food, strip clubs, food manufacturing and private prisons.
Long-sought domestic violence bill heads to governor’s desk

1 month ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Mina Corpuz

Mississippi lawmakers negotiated and passed legislation to create a statewide board to study domestic violence deaths during the final, seemingly chaotic days of the 2025 session. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 2886 by Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, would establish the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board to study deaths and near-fatal incidents, suicides and other domestic violence matters.
Long-sought domestic violence bill heads to governor’s desk

1 month ago | djournal.com | Mina Corpuz

Mississippi lawmakers negotiated and passed legislation to create a statewide board to study domestic violence deaths during the final, seemingly chaotic days of the 2025 session. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 2886 by Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, would establish the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board to study deaths and near-fatal incidents, suicides and other domestic violence matters.
Long-sought domestic violence bill heads to governor’s desk

1 month ago | apnews.com | Mina Corpuz

Mississippi lawmakers negotiated and passed legislation to create a statewide board to study domestic violence deaths during the final, seemingly chaotic days of the 2025 session. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 2886 by Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, would establish the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board to study deaths and near-fatal incidents, suicides and other domestic violence matters.
Long-sought domestic violence bill heads to governor's desk

1 month ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

Lawmakers negotiated and passed legislation to create a statewide board to study domestic violence deaths during the final, seemingly chaotic days of the 2025 session. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 2886 by Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, would establish the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board to study deaths and near-fatal incidents, suicides and other domestic violence matters.
Mississippi AG joins ICE roundup of undocumented migrants

1 month ago | djournal.com | Mina Corpuz

The Mississippi attorney general’s office now has the authority to enforce some federal immigration law, including identifying people in the country without authorization and initiating removal proceedings for those booked in a jail. This is possible through the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Section 287(g) program.