Jury selection in Jay Lee murder trial to begin Dec. 1

Jury selection in Jay Lee murder trial to begin Dec. 1

Jury selection for the trial of Timothy Herrington will begin Dec. 1. Herrington is charged with killing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee in 2022. A trial was held in December 2024; however, it was a hung jury. The jury will be selected in Canton and then jurors will be transported to Oxford. The trial will begin once the jurors have arrived in Oxford. Last year, the trial lasted for 10 days. Earlier this year, Herrington’s att…

Sen. Lee Introduces Bill to Stop Criminal Illegal Immigrants from Skipping Trial and Escaping Justice

Republicans in Congress are taking decisive action to close dangerous loopholes in America’s justice system — loopholes that allow criminal illegal immigrants to flee the country before standing trial. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) on Wednesday introduced the Flight Risk Reduction Act, a commonsense reform designed to keep communities safe by ensuring non-citizen defendants — especially those here illegally — can’t simply disappear before facing …