Tiny Kentucky town is rocked as their sheriff is jailed in ... - ABC News
WEB1 day ago · Stines was deposed on Monday in a lawsuit filed by two women, one of whom alleged that a deputy forced her to have sex inside Mullins’ chambers for six months in exchange for staying out of jail.
Tiny Kentucky town is rocked as their sheriff is jailed in the killing ...
WEB1 day ago · The now-former deputy sheriff, Ben Fields, pleaded guilty to raping the female prisoner while she was on home incarceration. Fields was sentenced this year to six months in jail and then six and a half years on probation for rape, sodomy, perjury and tampering with a prisoner monitoring device, The Mountain Eagle reported.Three charges related to a second woman were dismissed because she is ...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office after ...
WEB1 day ago · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included
The Political Power of Sheriffs Is Rarely Seriously Challenged - Governing
WEBNationwide, 98 percent of sheriffs are men and 92 percent of them are white. While the number of women prosecutors increased 34 percent between 2015 and 2019, there was no similar rise among...
We Surveyed U.S. Sheriffs. See Their Views on Power, Race and ...
WEBOct 18, 2022 · Conservatives increasingly see sheriffs as standard-bearers in fights over guns, immigration and voting, and it’s not unusual to see them on Fox News or standing on a rally stage next to former President Donald Trump.
A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining ...
WEBAug 21, 2023 · A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has successfully spread its doctrine to dozens of states in recent years.
Does Your Sheriff Think He’s More Powerful Than the President?
WEBOct 18, 2022 · Richard Mack has built a “Constitutional sheriff” movement to resist state and federal authority on guns, COVID-19 and now election results. A new survey shows just how many sheriffs agree with him.
Who Investigates the Sheriff? In Mississippi, Often No One.
WEBDec 28, 2023 · The state ignored or was unaware of allegations of jailhouse rape, brutal beatings and corrupt acts by sheriffs and their deputies, even when there was ample evidence to examine.
Do Elected Sheriffs Have Outsized Power In The U.S.? - NPR
WEBJul 25, 2020 · A new report from the Reflective Democracy Campaign - that's a research organization - analyzed data on elected sheriffs around the country. And a report concluded that they have, quote ...
Inside the 'constitutional sheriff' movement : NPR
WEBOct 22, 2022 · The basic idea is that a county sheriffs authority should supersede the federal government's. His reporting is based on a collaboration between the Marshall Project and two political scientists...
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