Eddie Terrell Parker listens as his legal team calls on a federal judge at a news conference Monday, March 18, 2024, in Jackson, Miss., to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on him and a friend, Michael Corey Jenkins in 2023. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them and sentencing for the six start on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
FILE - Michael Corey Jenkins, center, and Eddie Terrell Parker, right, listen as one of six former Mississippi law officers pleads guilty to state charges at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. The two Black men who were tortured by six former Mississippi law enforcement officers in a violent episode last year called Monday, March 18, 2024 for a federal judge to impose strict penalties at sentencing hearings set to occur this week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)
Michael Corey Jenkins, left, and Eddie Terrell Parker, right, stand with lead attorney Malik Shabazz, as he calls on a federal judge, Monday, March 18, 2024, to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on them in 2023. They spoke at a news conference in Jackson, Miss. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them and they will be sentenced in federal court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Michael Corey Jenkins, right stands with his mother, Mary Jenkins, as she calls on a federal judge at a news conference Monday, March 18, 2024, in Jackson, Miss., to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture to her son, Michael and a friend Eddie Terrell Parker in 2023. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Michael Corey Jenkins listens as his legal team call on a federal judge Monday, March 18, 2024, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on him and a friend, Eddie Terrell Parker in 2023. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them and sentencing for the six starts on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Michael Corey Jenkins, left, and Eddie Terrell Parker, right, stand with lead attorney Malik Shabazz, as they call on a federal judge Monday, March 18, 2024, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on them in 2023. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
FILE - This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. Two Black men who were tortured for hours by the six Mississippi law enforcement officers in 2023 called Monday, March 18, 2024, for a federal judge to impose the strictest possible penalties at their sentencings this week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Eddie Terrell Parker calls on a federal judge Monday, March 18, 2024, to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on him and a friend, Michael Corey Jenkins in 2023. He spoke at a news conference in Jackson, Miss. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them and sentencing for the six start on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Michael Corey Jenkins calls on a federal judge Monday, March 18, 2024, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on him and a friend, Eddie Terrell Parker in 2023. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them and sentencing for the six start on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)