Mississippi House Passes Controversial Bill Establishing Unelected Court System
The bill has been met with criticism and opposition, with lawmakers comparing it to racist legislation of the past and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba calling it "the most oppressive legislation that we have seen in our city's history."
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The Mississippi House of Representatives has passed a bill that will form a court system of unelected judges and prosecutors to preside over part of the majority-Black city of Jackson, the Capitol Complex Improvement District, Kiara Alfonseca reports for ABC News. Law and Crime reports that while MIssissippi has the largest proportion of Black residents in the country, none of the government positions that will have the power to appoint judges and prosecutors under the bill have ever been held by a Black person.
The bill has been met with criticism and opposition, with lawmakers comparing it to racist legislation of the past and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba calling it “the most oppressive legislation that we have seen in our city’s history.”
