6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced for torture of 2 Black men

JACKSON, Miss. — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after twice delaying the proceedings. Each faces the potential of decades behind bars.The former law officers admitted in August to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell…