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January 23, 2009

Diaz ordered to Simpson job

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/9 Former state Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. has been appointed as a Simpson County Youth Court public defender, though the county doesn’t have enough money set aside to pay him. A chancery judge ordered that Diaz, who lost a re-election bid last year, be given the job. Diaz, a former appeals…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2009

Funds run out but 2 special judges stay

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/9 Although the original funding has run out, two of the four part-time special Hinds County Circuit judges appointed to help clear the county’s voluminous criminal docket will remain on the bench. One judge has even agreed to donate time to help clear cases. At the end of 2008, 2,283 felony criminal cases…