Mississippi Justice (New Release)

Description

Mississippi Justice is an educational film project based on actual events that occurred in 1951 in Mississippi’s rural Pike County. The storyline centers around a 20-year-old black female, Ms. Hattie Lee Barnes, who shot and killed a young blue-eyed, six-foot-tall, white male from a local prominent family. Charged with murder, Ms. Barnes was appointed the county’s newest, youngest, and most inexperienced public defender, Mr. Joe Pigott. In a span of only 20 days, Ms. Barnes was served an indictment, entered a not guilty plea, and found herself on trial for murder.