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4 justices take oath on Mississippi Supreme Court (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Three new justices and one returning justice were sworn in Monday for eight-year terms on the Mississippi Supreme Court, taking an oath to "do equal right to the poor and to the rich."
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:35:25 GMT.

Griffin Bell, Attorney General in 1970s, Dies at 90 (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Griffin Bell , who confronted America?s painful disputes over race as a federal judge in the Deep South and as U.S. attorney general under President Jimmy Carter , a fellow Georgian, has died. He was 90.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:59:14 GMT.

Mississippi Justices Sworn In (WTOK-TV Meridian)
Three new justices and one returning justice were sworn in Monday for eight-year terms on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:28:33 GMT.

4 justices take oath on Mississippi Supreme Court (WREG-TV Memphis)
Associated Press - January 5, 2009 12:15 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Three new justices and one returning justice were sworn in Monday for 8-year terms on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:19:25 GMT.

Griffin Bell dies at 90; former attorney general and federal judge was at center of racial disputes (Los Angeles Times)
The onetime Carter administration official died from complications of pancreatic cancer. His nuanced approach to school integration was praised and criticized. Griffin B. Bell, a Southern judge who earned both enmity and praise during the civil rights era -- and later served as a reform-minded attorney general under President Carter -- died Monday morning at an Atlanta hospital. He was 90.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:06:16 GMT.

Sherard returns as county board attorney (The Vicksburg Post)
Former board attorney Randy Sherard was rehired by Warren County supervisors today on a 3-2 vote ? the same one-vote margin by which he was replaced in 2005.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:22:59 GMT.

Former Hinds DA gives up law license (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters has given up his law license over an undisclosed complaint.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:08:35 GMT.

Peters Gives Up Law License (WAPT Jackson)
Former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters gives up his license to practice law.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:52:30 GMT.

BREAKING NEWS: Peters bar resignation means he's guilty of something (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
OXFORD ? When Ed Peters agreed to resign his Mississippi license to practice law, it was tantamount to his pleading guilty to as-yet-unknown accusations.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:49:36 GMT.

Defense, prosecution make opening statements in murder trial (The Jackson Sun)
Opening statements in the murder trial of a Mississippi man accused of killing his girlfriend began at 11:14 a.m. today.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:35:06 GMT.

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