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Analysis of gunshot that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia shows officer who fired was not in harm’s way, family’s attorney says

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By Mukta Joshi, Joseph Cranney Verified, Peyton Taylor
| DeSoto County News
By Mukta Joshi and Joseph Cranney, Verite News | Originally published by Mississippi Today Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining immigration and criminal justice issues. She can be reached at mukta.joshi@nytimes.com. Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Learn more about the center’s work here.
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A New Orleans man whose ex-wife accused him of stealing millions needed a lawyer. He called the D.A.

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By Joseph Cranney Verified
| Verite Verified
This article was produced by the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Learn more about our work here. When Jason Williams was elected district attorney for Orleans Parish, the longtime criminal defense lawyer followed a tradition for chief prosecutors in Louisiana: He maintained his private law practice.
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Federal judge punts New Orleans jail sanctuary questions to LA Supreme Court

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By Joseph Cranney Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
A federal judge has referred several key legal questions to the Louisiana Supreme Court in a dispute over the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office sanctuary policies, leaving the state’s high court to decide if the New Orleans jail is subject to a 2024 ban on so-called “sanctuary cities.” The ruling comes as Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has argued that the jail is out of step with the law and intervened in a federal consent decree case governing the jail’s immigration policies.
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