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Mississippi Supreme Court ordered the attorney general's office to file a rebuttal to Robert Simon's defense on state's motion to set exectuion date.
The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Mississippi Attorney General's motion to lift a stay and set an execution date for Willie Jerome Manning, 55, would be held in abeyance until the ...
Justin Matheny, Office of the Mississippi Attorney General, during the oral arguments for Midsouth Association of Independent Schools et. al. vs. Parents for Public Schools at the Mississippi ...
One of Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's arguments for her cause in setting an execution date for a man on death row is a recent state Supreme Court decision that says ineffective ...
In 1982 the constitution was amended, removing the attorney general from the board effective July 1, 1984. [5] From 1878 until 2020, all Mississippi attorneys general were Democrats. [6] [7] The incumbent attorney general, Republican Lynn Fitch, was sworn-in to office on January 9, 2020. She is the first woman to hold the position.
The U.S. Supreme Court has been petitioned to take up and strike a portion of the Mississippi Constitution that disenfranchises people who have been convicted of certain felonies, according to new ...
In October 2020, shortly after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, the Attorney General for Mississippi filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of the ruling. [19] The Court granted certiorari to the petition on May 17, 2021, limiting the case to the single question "Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective ...
Lynn Fitch (born October 5, 1961) is an American lawyer, politician, and the 40th Mississippi Attorney General. She is the first woman to serve in the role and the first Republican since 1878. Previously, she was the 54th State Treasurer of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020.