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Revision as of 22:55, 15 March 2007 by 65.78.122.35 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Jim Hood is the Attorney General of Mississippi. A Democrat, he was elected in 2003, defeating the Republican nominee, Scott Newton, though many other positions in the Mississippi state government were taken by Republicans. Hood, a former District Attorney, succeeded Mike Moore.
He is a native of Houlka, Mississippi in Chickasaw County.
In 2005, Hood prosecuted former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the murder of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney in Philadelphia, Mississippi over forty years ago.
He has been active in the legal aspects of the recovery of Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Shortly after the storm, Hood filed suit against numerous high profile insurance companies on behalf of all Mississippians, in partnership with the Mississippi tort baron Dickie Scruggs. In 2007, he announced that he was running for re-election as Mississippi's attorney general as a Democrat.
Education
Hood received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1988.
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