Judge sets $5M bond for third man charged in death of Black woman whose body was later hung in tree

A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond for Eric Clark, 45, on Monday, the third man charged in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson. Fortune's body was discovered on August 3, prompting fears among some officials that it may have been staged to evoke memories of lynchings in the Southern state. The judge, Jeffery Reynolds, called the act "heinous" and emphasized that it shocked the state capital.