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Stephanie George was about to find out how little evidence the Jackson Police Department had when it charged her son with capital murder.
Sitting on a wooden bench in an austere Hinds County courtroom, Stephanie gripped her father’s hand and tried to make eye contact with 20-year-old Cortez George. He stood in the jury box with the other jail detainees, wearing glasses, shackles and a jumpsuit that swallowed his slight frame…