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A federal judge in Jackson, Mississippi, sentenced two former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Tuesday for their roles in torturing and sexually assaulting two Black men in January 2023. The two officers and four others, all part of a self-named "Goon Squad," pleaded guilty last year. Hunter Elward, 31, was sentenced to 20 years for abusing the men, Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins, and shooting Jenkins in the mouth during a "mock execution." Goon Squad leader Jeffrey Middleton, 46, got 17.5 years.
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