Jackson Jambalaya

Pretty sure he didn't get pregnant.

sometimes the victim's family is paid large amounts of money by the defendant to keep him or her out of jail

Karen Irby served less than 2 years and killed TWO people. She is no longer even on house arrest - that ended in Jan 2015. Justice is often luck of the draw on judges and how much money you can pay for a good lawyer. This does not surprise me at all.

All the State has to do to remedy this is to raise some taxes so they could pay for the man's dialysis.

This is why everyone avoids Jackson and Hinds County. This is why no respectable business will relocate there (you definitely got the wool pulled over your eyes with that Solar Panel Company). If you actually think a few hotels will bring in tourists, officials are as dumb as they seem. The City deserves every bit of bad press that the outside public can generate. It will happen.

October 26, 2015 at 1:56 PM = CLUELESS

2:12 - yes and the people Karen killed are also now clueless...because they are DEAD!

Bill Dees - you seem to be behind in your reading. Anyone on dialysis has been covered by Medicare since about 1966, regardless of their age.

But I do admire your persistence in insisting that there is no problem that can't be solved by raising someone else's taxes.

I understand that Walmart will CLOSE Highway 18 location, son as the Byram facility opens (in response to 2:10 above)

If the Hwy 18 Walmart does close then Clinton better double their police force.

3:21, I pray that is just a rumor. If the Highway 18 Walmart closes then more Jackson residents will come to our neck of the woods to steal.

The bench and criminal bar are corrupt.

Target on I55 is closing when the Madison store is built. That was publicly announced and then squashed due to employees panicing and threatening to quit. Theft is so high at that store, they can't keep up with it.

Irby was pardoned by the gubner- The Judge gave her 17 years to serve-

Mrs. Irby at least was sentenced to 18 years in jail and served nearly two years. That firefighter got an even longer sentence. But this guy..... what a joke.

At some point vigilante justice is permissible when a criminal justice system has broken down and proven incapable of functioning. Is Hinds County close to that point or not? Judge Gowan pushed it one step closer to that line last week.

I wish every Wal-Mart would close. The only one that is ran efficiently in this area is the Pearl store. When a Wal-Mart moves in your area, that lets you know that you live in a low income area. I recently had tires put on at the one in Madison, and I shopped in the store while I waited. It was like every other Wal-Mart I've ever visited. There is no such thing as an upscale Wal-Mart.

Not bother the troll folks with the details surrounding Karen Irby. It is too fun watching the troll put his/her vast ignorance on display.

All the Targets and Wallmarts will close once the Greenwood Plantation Costco opens. Talk about swanky

Actually when the Madison Walmart first opened years ago it was very nice. However, Jacksonians were able to ruin it in no time, just like everything else they touch.

Gowan has a soft spot for certain kinds of criminals - drunk drivers and child molesters. Remember how John Langworthy pled guilty to 5 counts of having his way with young boys. Good old Judge Gowan suspended the entire 50 year sentence because - you know - he loves the Lord!

Anyone have the discovery in this case? Was the evidence there for a conviction? My guess is that the State and a the Judge were aware of serious problems with the case. I practice in front of Judge Gowan and he is not known for going easy on punishment. Also since it was a violent crime Ivon Johnson would have been the ADA and he generally offers pretty stiff plea bargains. People who assume everyone arrested is "guilty as charged" have to believe that JPD/Hinds SO have a 100% accuracy rate with regards to arrests. Anyone believe that? A couple of my past clients have been highlighted on this website and I've been so tempted to email the discovery to kingfish with an explanation of why they walked. Wasn't the Judge, wasn't the DA, it's always terrible police work.. Always...

@8:04 - The sorry thug trash POS still has to be transported by AMR from time to time and has joked about what he did. If you're an attorney please let us know who you are so none of us will hire you since you might advise us to plead guilty when you think there isn't enough evidence for a conviction.

@2:58 PM on October 26: The Medicare web site says that Medicare is not provided to incarcerated persons when the incarcerating authority is legally obligated to provide medical care, as the State is required to do for persons it incarcerates. So, in the case of this particular man, the State would be required to provide dialysis.

And you seem to be a little challenged in recognizing sarcasm.

"At some point vigilante justice is permissible when a criminal justice system has broken down and proven incapable of functioning. Is Hinds County close to that point or not?"

Can you cite to me where, under the laws of this State, that's permissible? Or are you just being a blowhard who likes to incite violence while being "anonymous?" Come the hell on, Kingfish.

You repeatedly post people's addresses on this blog, but don't have the gumption to do anything other than remain anonymous. It's laughable. So, maybe we can stop with this whole "vigilante justice." There's no support under the law. You should know better. Maybe you do, and you just don't care.

8:04: Yup. Always blame crappy work by JPD. However, there is another function of a DA's office that is rarely mentioned: fixing cases.

Good prosecutors come back to the police and tell them to fix the case. Michael Guest's office does it all the time. Example: Clayton Kelly. The charges changed because the DA came back to Madison PD, worked with them, and helped them fix the case. That happens all the time in Madison and Rankin counties. Investigators in Brandon, Ridgeland, Pearl, etc make mistakes all the time. The DA's office works with them, perfects the case and presto, they get indictments and usually convictions down the road.

Such cooperation does not happen in Hinds County. Police have complained to me too many times that the prosecutors do not come back to them and work to remedy defects in the case. Example: Ladarrian (sp?) McCray. He was arrested for homicide and then no-billed by the grand jury. I have the complete file. There was no ballistics report on the bullet from the state crime lab in the file. The only other evidence was a claim by a woman that the suspect told her he committed the crime. The grand jury refused to indict.

What didn't take place was the prosecutors did not come back to the police and tell them to get a ballistics report and find the bullet or else they wouldn't proceed. The prosecutors instead took the file, warts, flaws, defects, and all to the grand jury, presented it, and surprise, the grand jury no-billed the case. McCray has since been arrested again for another murder. Too often the D.A.'s office just takes a file, no cooperation with PD, doesn't call any detectives or police to testify, slaps that file down in front of the grand jury, and the grand jury no-bills the case.

Whether you like it or not, this guy has some serious health problems that would put a financial bind on the taxpayers of Hinds County. I've seen the transcript of the preliminary hearing. If you are not in court when these things happen, you only get a fraction of information. Sometimes even in court

MDOC is supposed to have a dialysis unit at the prison in Pearl.

8:04 Here...

So Kingfish your example is exactly what I'm talking about. JPD sent a case over with no ballistics and one eyewitness who may or may not have been credible. Why didn't JPD complete the investigation (ballistics etc)get all of the facts and THEN send the case over for presentation to the Grand Jury? So an alleged murderer walked free after a no bill because JPD didn't prepare the case well enough and now that person has allegedly killed again? But the Da's office should have helped JPD do their job and fixed it? Really? I agree sometimes other jurisdictions do this OCCASIONALLY but the help also comes with a strong reprimand to the departments to do it right the first time.

I have a indicted case right now that JPD used a six person non-suggestive lineup to identify the perpetrator.. One problem though. Defendant had been previously arrested and JPD had THREE pictures of the defendant in the SIX person lineup. Hilariously, the victim still identified someone other than the defendant but JPD still charged him with auto burglary and he was INDICTED with that evidence?!

@8:30 That was a brilliant comment. So if you are arrested, as you imply you and other readers will be, you don't want to hire someone who will advise you as to the strengths and weaknesses of the case and likelihood of success should we take it to trial? Perhaps you should re-read my original comment. We never "advise" clients to plead guilty.. it is their life and their choice. Where you came up with pleading someone guilty when there isn't enough evidence I have no idea.

Robert Shuler Smith needs to ask where Kingfish got a complete copy of a police file in an ongoing investigation where Kingfish is not a party to the case or one of the lawyers involved… FOIA doesn't cover ongoing criminal investigations

Let.him.try. Got it, jackwagon?

I referred to the first case, which was no-billed, moron. But then, you already knew that. I obtained the file through a perfectly legal FOIA request, which tells me how little you know of public records law.

Go ahead and try to do it. Make my day. We will have much more fun against such a lawsuit than we did when he sued the Chief Deputy.