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August 9, 2009

CL – Group: Barbour should replace DeLaughter with black judge

CL – Group: Barbour should replace DeLaughter with black judge The federal conviction of defrocked Hinds County Judge Bobby DeLaughter will give Gov. Haley Barbour an opportunity to appoint an African American to the bench, a black lawyer’s group says. Since taking office in 2004 Barbour has made 20 judicial appointments, none of them African…