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The state crime lab in Batesville is where the vast majority of DeSoto County cases are sent, with a few exceptions.

District Attorney and Mississippians Against Human Trafficking partnership

In 2021, Mississippi had the second-highest rate of human trafficking cases in the nation.

Tucker was accused of killing his father in an alcohol-induced rage on Sept. 5, 2021 by stabbing him in the abdomen and neck.

New District Attorney is sworn into office.

District Attorney-elect forms new Youth Advisory Council.

As Republican primary winner, Barton is assured of election in the November general election with no Democrat on the ballot.

Morris is being challenged by Hernando attorney Matthew Barton for the Republican nomination.

Both were previous employees of the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office.

In 2014, Mississippi enacted criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing prison populations.

Today our freedom seems to be taken for granted, and even under self-inflicted assault.