Justices reject county’s appeal over woman’s time in jail 2 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressThe Supreme Court has rejected a Mississippi county’s appeal in the case of a woman who was jailed for more than three months without seeing a judge. The court’s order on Monday leaves in place a federal judge’s ruling that Choctaw County and its sheriff are liable for violating the woman’s constitutional rights. A survey of Mississippi jails released this year found 2,500 defendants jailed before trial have been in custody 90 or more consecutive days. More than 600 defendants have been in jail longer than a year.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 10, 2018 15:00 UTC