Death Certificate Laws, Ending Limits for Prosecuting Sexual Battery: #MSLeg Roundup
Mississippi could lift the statute of limitations for sexual battery, reform death certificate laws and let hunters wear pink under Mississippi House bills.
Mississippi could lift the statute of limitations for sexual battery, reform death certificate laws and let hunters wear pink under Mississippi House bills.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department fired five deputies who have been accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced at a press conference Tuesday.
“Escaping war is a dangerous endeavor,” Chen Reis writes. “The media have reported about Ukrainian refugee women and girls being raped in the places where they sought safety. Almost all of the 3.6 million Ukrainians who have left Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, 2022, are women and children.”
Could it still be possible for someone to sexually assault in the midst of a global pandemic? Could perpetrators that depraved really exist? As I delved into the internet to satiate my curiosity, my supposition was confirmed. In fact, since the pandemic has started, female victims have been locked in with their abusive partners, with no means of escape.
University of Mississippi administration has spent much of 2020 performing damage control in one way or another. The Mississippi Free Press obtained a copy of a recent UM climate study that it was closely guarding. Here’s what it says.
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