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February 27, 2008

YP – Hood’s testimony to US House Committee re: prosecution of State Farm

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has given now several reasons why he did not indict State Farm. He has had two times where he testified under oath as to the circumstances of his prosecutorial decisions regarding State Farm – one in Natchez as the defendant in State Farm v. Hood. That case ultimately settled. The…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 27, 2008

House stiffens judicial bribe penalties

The Sun Herald, 2/27/8 The House passed a bill Tuesday that sets tough penalties for those convicted of bribing judges. House Bill 1108 would expand the state’s obstruction-of-justice charge for the felony. Under an amendment offered by Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, the offense would carry a sentence of no less than five and up to…