The Night That The Light Went Out In Mississippi
Via Bitter who got it from Radley Balko of The Agitator.

Cory Maye sits on death row. His crime? He shot the son of the police chief. Why? Cause said son of a police chief was a member of a raiding party that busted in his house in the middle of the night unannounced serving a "no knock" warrant at the wrong damn address. Mr. Maye dutifully shot the armed intruder as I'd hope any one of you would do. But the problem is that despite it being justifiable you have a black man in Mississippi who shot the white son of a white police chief. He was charged & then convicted by an all white jury, based on the dislike of the defense attorney's closing statement & their belief that he was too uppity.

If the reports that Mr. Balko based his post on are accurate this is a gross disregard for justice & the law.

This story from WLBT written by Maggie Wade has a different take on things.
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