Special Projects Editor @deepsouthtoday.org. Author: Murder in the Bayou, Shake the Devil Off, Snitch, Queens Reigns Supreme. https://ethan-brown.com/https://bsky.app/profile/ethansbrown.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethansbrown.bsky.social/post/3mmwej7dq4s27News: SCOTUS rules that the Mississippi Supreme Court was unreasonable when it determined that counsel for Terry Pitchford, a Black man on death row, waived their opportunity to rebut a prosecutor's "race-neutral" reasons for peremptory strikes of Black jurors. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-7351_jiel.pdf28 May 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7jffdja6lijrg7cwmue2ad3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwej7dq4s27https://bsky.app/profile/ethansbrown.bsky.social/post/3mmeptez7y22sSS bolts, other white supremacist symbols found in employee-only areas of high security federal prison USP Canaan. https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/26-055.pdf21 May 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:o7jffdja6lijrg7cwmue2ad3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeptez7y22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ethansbrown.bsky.social/post/3mjhl2pvlqs2cNew: A @veritenews.org analysis of 100 police reports of NOPD gun arrests during the 2023-2025 Carnival seasons found stark racial disparities (94/100 arrestees are Black men)+ repetitive language (an officer observing a “bulge” in a pocket often led to arrest). 1/6 https://veritenews.org/2026/04/14/mardi-gras-gun-arrests/14 Apr 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7jffdja6lijrg7cwmue2ad3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhl2pvlqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ethansbrown.bsky.social/post/3mgulg4xrf22cNew: In 2006, Terry Pitchford went to trial in a capital case in Mississippi where prosecutor Doug Evans struck all about one Black juror. Since then Evans+the state have become notorious for striking Black people from juries+blocking post-conviction relief. 1/7 https://mississippitoday.org/2026/03/12/mississippi-death-penalty-jury-selection/12 Mar 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:o7jffdja6lijrg7cwmue2ad3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgulg4xrf22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ethansbrown.bsky.social/post/3mgax2wubqk2bNews: In 2019, the New Orleans City Council capped the population of the city's jail system at 1,250 people. A new data analysis from @veritenews.org finds that excluding the height of the COVID-19 pandemic the jail has largely exceeded that cap—especially in 2025. https://veritenews.org/2026/03/04/new-orleans-jail-population-1250-cap/04 Mar 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:o7jffdja6lijrg7cwmue2ad3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgax2wubqk2b