Mississippi Reins In Use Of Contigency-Fee Lawyers - Forbes

Mississippi Reins In Use Of Contigency-Fee Lawyers
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The law, opposed by Attorney General Jim Hood,would require all outside counsel to keep detailed time and expense records and limit contingency-fee lawyers to a total fee of $50 million. The law would curb a practice that has raised eyebrows and made ...

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Miss. Supreme Court denies Hood's motion for reconsideration in Barbour ... - The Republic


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Miss. Supreme Court denies Hood's motion for reconsideration in Barbour ...
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The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied Attorney General Jim Hood's motion to reconsider a ruling that validated former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons. The court ruled Thursday without comment on Hood's motion to reconsider a March 8 decision.
Mississippi high court declines to rehear pardon case Chicago Tribune
Mississippi Supreme Court again upholds pardons CNN

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Voter ID: What's next? - Jackson Clarion Ledger


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Voter ID: What's next?
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Phil Bryant signed Mississippi's long-debated and politically charged voter identification law, and Attorney General Jim Hood has forwarded it to the Department of Justice for preclearance. Because of Mississippi's civil rights history, ...
In brief: Mississippi Gov. Bryant signs voter ID law Memphis Commercial Appeal
Congress Speaks on Voting Rights—and Mississippi Hollers Back ColorLines magazine
Voter ID bill signed, awaits feds' scrutiny SunHerald.com

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Miss. seeks to execute 3 men in 1 week - Natchez Democrat

Miss. seeks to execute 3 men in 1 week
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Attorney General Jim Hood's office is asking the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for three men, one each on June 12, 13 and 14. Hood's office made the request Monday after the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals of Henry Curtis Jackson ...
Miss. seeks to execute 3 men in 1 week in June FoxReno.com

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Heartless thieves steal war medals - Geelong Advertiser


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Heartless thieves steal war medals
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BURGLED: World War II veteran Jim Hood had his war medals stolen from his Point Lonsdale home. A WORLD War II veteran has had his family's war medals stolen in a cold-hearted burglary at his Point Lonsdale home. Jim Hood has been left devastated by the ...

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AG Jim Hood says deadbeat dad sentenced for failure to pay child support - Mississippi Press (blog)

AG Jim Hood says deadbeat dad sentenced for failure to pay child support
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By AP JACKSON, Mississippi -- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says a Mississippi father has been sentenced for failure to pay child support. According to Jim Hood's office Tuesday, 46-year-old Earl Elliot, of Houston, Miss. was sentenced to five ...

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Law Enforcement Memorial Service, May 17 in Jackson - WDAM-TV


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Law Enforcement Memorial Service, May 17 in Jackson
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By Mercer Morrison, Datasphere Community Producer - email Attorney General Jim Hood joins the Mississippi Chiefs of Police in hosting the second annual "Mississippi Fallen Law Enforcement Officer's Candlelight Vigil". The event will be held on May 17 ...
Police Week ceremonies continue Fox 40 Jackson

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