6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Associated Press/Report for America

JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a state judge Wednesday. Rankin County Circuit Judge Steve Ratcliff will sentence all six defendants on state charges. They have agreed to sentences recommended by state prosecutors ranging from five to 30 years. Time served for the state convictions will run at the same time as the federal sentences. The six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who attacked Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023 have already been sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from about 10 to 40 years.