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Hood rejects offer to give up hospice case
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/9/8

Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he will stay with the Sanctuary Hospice House case despite an offer by Lee County Prosecuting Attorney James D. Moore to handle the prosecution.

Hood did acknowledge that turning over the case would have been an easy exit from one of the stickiest situations in his 19-year prosecuting career.

"It would be politically best for me to say, all right Mr. County Prosecutor, take it," Hood said Thursday. "But it would not be right. Imagine the pressure placed on a local elected official."

On Wednesday, Moore told the Daily Journal he had sent a letter to Hood asking him to allow him to handle the case. Hood said Thursday he had not received the letter, but rejected the offer.

Posted May 9, 2008 - 8:49 am
3 Comments:

Crechale’s for mom’s day?  Lipsticks on pig- girl’s? Twitty ego all together now?  CL is funny? At least Ya’ll sticks to facts: sweet potatoes, country music and buried bodies.

Posted by mccainsinsane on 05-09-2008 at 10:58 AM [link]

The okie-doke cowboy rides again.

Posted by mccainsinsane on 05-09-2008 at 03:24 PM [link]

So, let me get this straight.  There’s a lot of pressure on local elected officials when they prosecute prominent people in the community.  And prosecuting Scruggs, et. al would be like prosecuting family for Hood.  So, I guess he’s saying that nobody should ever prosecute Scruggs on behalf of the State.  Of course, that’s what happened for years, right?

Posted by someoneinnorthms on 05-09-2008 at 08:09 PM [link]
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