JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former
Jackson police officer sentenced to 75 years in prison for statutory rape
involving his girlfriend's daughter has appealed his conviction. The case of
Jeffery Webb Sr. is among dozens of appeals before the state Court of Appeals
in its July-August term. The Appeals Court will not hear oral arguments in the
case. Webb was convicted in 2011 in Hinds County for statutory rape, sexual
battery and gratification of lust. Prosecutors
said Webb sexually abused the child from the time she was 11 until she was
14-years-old. A judge sentenced Webb to 30 years for statutory rape, 30 years
for sexual assault and 15 years for gratification of lust. The sentences are
running consecutively.
The Fairfax County Police
Sweeping it under the carpet for over fifty years