Jackson Jambalaya

another thug off the streets.

KF, I googled the sentencing guidelines before the trial and read that you could become eligible for parole after 30 years but can't find that article anymore. Is this a true "life" sentence or will he ever become eligible?

Justified. Now let’s see the “Honorable” Judge execute the same sentence on a black suspect in his twenties, repeat offender, who’s slaughtered someone and appears before her.
I’m calling bullshit already.

What do two life sentences to be served concurrently actually mean in Mississippi? The Legislature has provided so many sentence loopholes. How long will he be in prison before his first chance at parole?

My message says 'the video has been blocked by Microsoft Edge'.

What?!? We were told in a post here that if we just waited, Jordan would be exonerated once the truth came out.

He should have received a death sentence.

He’ll be fine. He seemed happy in jail in the video he cut on the bootleg phone. He can hang out with Luke Woodham in Parchman.

By the time he and his momma realized they weren't in control, it was too late.

Witness tampering and subornation of perjury usually backfire, no matter how smart you think you are.

about 15-20 years ago the legislature passed a law called the Mississippi Truth in Sentencing law.

there has not been any truth in sentencing since then.

The only penalty for murder is life. The statute doesn't specify life with or without parole. A separate statute governing parole states that persons convicted of murder are NOT eligible for parole. So, unless and until that statute is changed, Cummins is not getting out. Had Peterson sentenced him to consecutive (back to back rather than two life sentences served at the same time) terms of life, it would be impossible for him to serve them.

Did anyone else catch that Faye referred to his mom as "Ms. Kellum?" Was that a faux pas or is that the connection between the attorney and the defendant??

I am pretty sure the food and accommodations will be less than what he was told by his attorney. But, all of his visits from his friends and family visiting Parchment prison to visit him will make up for it.

The statement by Kelly Simpkins was stunning. He spoke of the fact that justice and forgiveness are not mutually exclusive. He then offered forgiveness and prayers toward the man who murdered his daughter.

The next time one of you lunkheads takes a potshot at Christians, watch the statement by Kelly Simpkins. As I said...stunning.

2 sets of justice in Hinds county

Under current law: life imprisonment is not parole eligible. He will be eligible to petition the trial court for release at the age of 65.

Alcohol, weed, guns, an idiot, and the St. Paddy parade.

What could go wrong?

Not that he had a chance for acquittal, but he killed whatever small chance he had with that jailhouse social media stunt. From that point on, it was just a matter of time before prison became his forever home.

Because we here in Hinds County don’t want Rankin county to be a safe haven for criminals.

The news reporter, on the video, in wrapping up her summary comments referred to the sentence as 'consecutive', which is not correct. She tried hard to make her words come out precisely, then, at the very end, screwed the pooch.

Meanwhile - Premeditated (which is the definition of first degree) seems like a stretch if the man was drunk and acting out of emotional rage. And there is no way the death of the girl, which was called an accidental shot that hit her, could be premeditated. I'm not excusing the man by any means. He made choices, drunk and enraged or not.

We will never know if the decisions of the jury and judge would be different had the victims and their mothers been of a different race.

And let the message be clear to all of you Chalkies. You do not have the right to self defense in Hinds county!
Full Stop. This is your final warning!

Aren't the guys that killed Eric Hambrick at the Waffle House already out of prison?

KF, whatever happened with that case in Jackson where the white lawyer shot an intruder on his property?

There is no way that this was premeditated, thus 2nd degree murder. This is what happens to a Paddy at a St. Paddy's Day parade in Jackson.

If being stupid was a crime, this idiot would already have been serving a life sentence or two.

Drugs, guns, Parade in Jackson, assaulting a loved one, murdering innocents, video declaring your guilt from jail...we are all safer as a society with this murderous moron locked up.
Good riddance.

I wish I thought any young person on a similar path would see this tragic lesson and make one single change for the better. But that would be admitting to my own criminal stupidity.

This case had absolutely nothing to do with self defense. The idiot could have simply left, or allowed the good samaritans to intervene. He had absolutely no reason to fear for his life and use deadly force.

8:19AM, what substances WERE in-play, at the time of the shooting (including residual effects/toxicology reports, if those are known)?

"The idiot could have simply...allowed the good samaritans to intervene."

That's right, 8:43. It's always a good fallback position to let a gang of people beat the shit out of oneself.

I am not 8:19 but I perhaps he assumed any Caucasian that attends a rowdy event in the City of Jackson must be on drugs, 2:46?

Or that drugs (be that alcohol, meth, weed etc) are typically an accompaniment to men who abuse women.

But that may be an unfair assumption. And it is also certainly possible that this guy is just a murdering asshole and an idiot while stone sober.

"That's right, 8:43. It's always a good fallback position to let a gang of people beat the shit out of oneself."

That is quality sarcasm, I don't care what anyone says.

I am so sorry, 5:00 A.M, for offending your masculine sensibilities, but I understand now!

If I am beating the crap out of my girlfriend and someone tries to intervene I’ll just kill them all! Thanks for the excellent advice!

Manning up and taking an ass whupping similar to what he was giving his female passenger would actually have been a much better fallback position than life in prison. But hey, it’s just my opinion, I’m not a steroid-fueled second amendment fanatic.