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Archie for Jul 19, 2021

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Mon,07/19/21-2:00AM, 4,206 Reads

Comic By: Archie Comic Publications, Craig Boldman and Fernando Ruiz
Sabrina Butler-Smith, 50, gazes at a photo of her infant son, Walter, who died on April 11, 1989, of polycystic kidney disease. Butler-Smith was convicted of killing and put on death row and finally exonerated fives years later following a retrial granted on appeal by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Katie Fogarty/MCIR

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MCIR: Tunnel vision puts blinders on criminal justice system

By KATIE FOGARTY - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING KATIE FOGARTY - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Mon,10/24/22-4:28PM, 4,201 Reads 39,926 Statewide
Sabrina Butler sat terrified in the dimly lit interrogation room in Columbus, Mississippi. White men towered over the 17-year-old Black grieving mother.
She killed her son, didn’t she? they fired at her. She killed him, they told her repeatedly, for over four hours.
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Bank of Forest officers from the early 1930’s, from left, W.D. McCravy, L.E. Graham, J.R. McCravy, Sr., and Percy Brown.

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Bank of Forest celebrates 125th Anniversary

Wed,09/17/25-11:15AM, 4,200 Reads
The oldest business in Scott County is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and will host a reception commemorating that milestone next week.
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Arrest Report 10-6-21

Thu,10/07/21-4:26PM, 4,199 Reads
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between September 24, 2021 and September 29, 2021. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
09/24 Troy Watts, Jr., 1395 Oliver Dr., Forest – Simple Domestic Violence 3rd Offense
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