Justices reject county's appeal over woman's time in jail

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a Mississippi county’s appeal in the case of a woman who was jailed for more than three months without seeing a judge.

The court’s order on Monday leaves in place a federal judge’s ruling that Choctaw County and its sheriff are liable for violating the woman’s constitutional rights. A jury trial to determine damages is scheduled for March.

The woman was held for 96 days before she was given the opportunity to post bail. She had been arrested on traffic charges and was then served with a drug indictment.

A survey of Mississippi jails released this year found 2,500 defendants jailed before trial have been in custody 90 or more consecutive days. More than 600 defendants have been in jail longer than a year.

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[mickswalkabout41]

1. Let's see some mug shots

Betting they have a few things in common.

[melm00se]

2. Found this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/10/26/she-was-falsely-charged-with-a-drug-crime-she-spent-96-days-in-jail-anyway/?utm_term=.d590df89fdc4

[obamanut2012]

3. Nope, she was white

I've been reading about her case for a while.

[kirby]

7. Who was the judge?

Who was the judge who initially ruled that her rights were not violated because a grand jury had indicted her?
What an unjust system!

EDIT: Judge Sharion Aycock - Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

[billh58]

4. Thanks for your

concern...

[LanternWaste]

10. And thanks for yours...

[billh58]

11. And yours

as well...

[dlk]

5. In a Country Where Prisons are a Growth Industry, Violations of the Nature Become Common

The cells need to be filled so profits are made.

[erronis]

6. They can shake you down when stopped, taken to pre-trial jail, prosecuted, and incarcerated.

Used to be a $100 bill to the arresting officer got a nice warning (if you were white).
If you knew someone who knew the chief of police, maybe just a smile.

Don't have money to pay for bail bond? Tough on you.

Don't have assets to hire a fancy lawyer that can get you a slap on the wrist or nowadays an ankle bracelet? Off to the pokey.

Sitting in a jail post sentencing is gravy. Geo/Corrections-Corp will gladly lobby the state and feds to get maximum profits and campaign donations from the taxpayers.

[Nitram]

8. Mississippi? Not surprised. Their justice, political, education, and health care systems are

Antebellum.

[mountain grammy]

9. What the ever loving fuck is going on here

in the "land of the free?" Run a stop sign, go to jail..