Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racist torture of 2 Black men
Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racist torture of 2 Black men
Four other former law enforcement officers are set for sentencing in the case later this week.
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Tuesday to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing two Black men last year.
Hunter Elward was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee, who handed down a 241-month sentence. Lee is also due to sentence five other former law enforcement officers who admitted to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racist torture.
Before sentencing, Lee called Elward’s crimes “egregious and despicable,” and said a “sentence at the top of the guidelines range is justified — is more than justified.” He continued: “It’s what the defendant deserves. It’s what the community and the defendant’s victims deserve.”
My feel-good news story of the day. Just try and bring me down from my high, timeline!
I will not aid the timeline with my knowledge of saddening events.
Thanks. This is something we can all enjoy. Unless they're racists, but that's fine.
Good start. The rest of them also need to rot in jail, and the whole police department replaced.
Is it just me, or is the guy on the top right looking alot like the pawn shop guy from the tv show?????
I'll have to call in a buddy of mine that's an expert on Pawn Stars. He can take a look and let us know if that's really him. Just hang on one sec, let me go give him a call.
Eh, I feel like 20yrs is not enough. When it comes to things like this, actual torture, it should be either the death penalty or life in prison without any possibility of parole. My opinion obviously.