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The report released Wednesday by the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law says that as of the fall, about 2, people had been held longer than 90 days in county jails.

Of those, more than 1, had been jailed at least nine months and about had been jailed more than a year. The new report is the fifth issued by the center since April about long pretrial incarceration. Mississippi, Arizona, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Washington are the only states without a statewide system of public defenders, according to the MacArthur Center. He said the system is inadequate because the first attorney appointed for a defendant usually handles only preliminary matters.

He said no other public defender is appointed until after a person is indicted. Mike Carr works as a public defender in the impoverished Delta region, in addition to handling cases in private practice. He said judges often assign attorneys with little criminal-defense experience to do public defense work. Frazier remained in jail in a neighboring county until he was brought to trial in February Carr said jurors could not reach unanimous agreement on a verdict, so the judge declared a mistrial.

After the trial, a judge set bond and Frazier was released from jail. The news business has changed dramatically in the past two years, and we need your help more than ever to keep bringing you important stories about Jackson and the Metro. Thanks for anything you can do to empower our journalism! User agreement and privacy statement. Congress St. Jackson Free Press Jump to content. Video: Defense attorney in Amaud Arbery trial asks judge to remove Rev. Sinema: Changing Senate rules for voting rights reform could worsen 'disease of division'.

Jackson was in the courtroom until you started your motion," Walmsley said. I find that objectionable from the court's standpoint. The defendants' attorneys also called for a mistrial Monday citing various reasons, including Jackson's presence.

Gough, to statements you made, which I find reprehensible," Walmsley said. Walmsley referenced a comment Gough made Thursday in which he speculated what would happen "if a bunch of folks came in here dressed like Colonel Sanders with white masks sitting in the back. Jackson told reporters outside the courthouse he was there in a show of support for Arbery's family and that the lawyers who objected to his presence are "afraid of the decency factor rising up. Gregory and Travis McMichael armed themselves and used a pickup truck to pursue Arbery after they spotted him running in their neighborhood in Satilla Shores.

Their neighbor, Bryan, joined the chase and took cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery in the street at close range. They were arrested months later, after video leaked online and sparked widespread outrage. Defense attorneys have said the three defendants were justified to chase and attempt to detain Arbery because they suspected he was a burglar.