/ ListenUpYall.com Apr 6, 2021 3:26 PM NATCHEZ, Miss. – Another attempt is being recommended by a former state Supreme Court justice for establishing an Adams County office of lawyers to defend accused criminals who can’t afford to pay for them.
Adams County supervisors agreed last year to set it up the public defenders office but later aborted it. Ethics questions arose about Adams County Circuit Judge Lillie Blackmon Sanders’ daughter and sister being among the defense lawyers working under someone appointed by Sanders.
Former justice Randy Pierce, who’s now director of the Mississippi Judicial College, presented a compromise proposal Monday to Adams County supervisors. It would have retired Adams County circuit judge Al Johnson appoint the county’s chief public defender rather than Sanders.