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Woman Sues Mississippi Parole Board for Discrimination and Retaliation
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2020
by Anthony Accurso
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2020, page 38
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
Location:
Mississippi.
by Anthony W. Accurso
On March 27, 2020, a lawsuit filed in a county court the previous year against the Mississippi Parole Board (MPB) by state prisoner Anita Krecic was refiled in federal court, alleging MPB has discriminated and retaliated against her for 20 years by repeatedly denying her parole ...
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