The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has sued Mississippi’s Union County, asking a judge to order that search warrants in its county-level justice court be made open for public inspection.
A joint investigation found that many Mississippi courts thwart public scrutiny of search warrants. Experts say that violates long-standing norms of public access and the state’s public records law.
JACKSON – A lawmaker with oversight of criminal justice policy in the Mississippi House of Representatives says he supports restrictions on no-knock search warrants but will kill a bill that