JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A man suing multiple entities after being falsely arrested for killing a Jackson State University student two years ago on Wednesday will have his day in court - next year.

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee has scheduled a trial in Joshua Brown’s civil case for October 6.

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Proceedings are expected to last between three and five days, and between eight and 12 witnesses will be called.

Brown’s mother filed the suit last year, nearly a year after her son was arrested and held at the Hinds County Detention Center for more than three weeks in connection with the death of JSU student Jaylen Burns.

Burns was killed late on October 15 or early October 16 “during an altercation at an apartme

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