6 Former Mississippi Law Officers Sentenced in State Court for Torture of 2 Men

Published on April 12, 2024

BRANDON, Miss.—Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two men were sentenced Wednesday in state court. The state sentences did not add time to the federal prison terms the defendants had already received. The six former officers who attacked Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023 were sentenced last month to federal prison terms ranging from about 10 to 40 years. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called their actions “egregious and despicable” as he gave sentences near the top of the federal guidelines to five of the six men....

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