May 29 came and went yet no one pleaded guilty in U.S.A. v. Owens et al.
The public corruption trial for Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and former Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks is scheduled to begin on July 13.
U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III set yesterday as the deadline for accepting plea offers. The defendants can still plead guilty but the prosecution will no longer have a say in the sentence.
It appears all three men want to go for broke.

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