A little over a year ago, Michael Ardizone complained to jail officials in Pike County, Mississippi, that he’d been locked up for more than a year with no attorney and no indictment on his drug ...

For years, Mississippi’s local courts have avoided clarity about how they deliver the Constitution’s promise that poor criminal defendants will receive a defense attorney. Now, the Mississippi Supreme ...

Mississippi voters have dealt defeat to one conservative state Supreme Court justice and forced a moderate justice into a Nov. 26 runoff, with the final outcome possibly making the court more open to ...