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State has no judicial bribery law

State has no judicial bribery law

By: Magnolia Tribune - March 21, 2008

State has no judicial bribery law

As he stood at the podium Thursday to present a House bill making bribing a judge a felony, Senate Judiciary Chairman Joey Fillingane wasn’t sure what the current law said.

After Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, asked the question, Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said he thought it was a misdemeanor to bribe a judge and decided to look it up.

But he found there were no state laws against judicial bribery.

Sun Herald
3/21/8

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