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January 29, 2008

Let the facts speak in the lawyer issue

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 1/29/8 Former House Appropriations Committee Chairman Charlie Capps, D-Cleveland, was in many ways a stereotype and in other ways an anachronism. Silver-haired and cigar chomping, Capps, who stepped down earlier this decade, was the epitome of the one-time Delta legislative power broker. Capps had his customary cigar at a…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 29, 2008

System for selecting judges in need of review

The Daily Leader, 1/28/8 Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice James Smith is suggesting it is time to take a look at how appellate judges are selected in the state. Smith’s comments last week come following the November federal indictments of power plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and others in an alleged bribery scheme involving a…