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MS: AG Hood Says Wiretaps Will Help ‘Clean Up Image’

Giving the state authority to conduct wiretaps and amending Mississippi’s obstruction-of-justice-statute to include bribing a judge are among items on Attorney General Jim Hood’s legislative wish list.

Hood told a group of state senators Wednesday the legislation, it passed, could help clean up the image of Mississippi’s judicial system and help the state prosecute public corruption cases.

The suggestions come at a time when the scandal involving Oxford lawyer Dickie Scruggs is widening.

But some experts are skeptical about how wiretapping would affect privacy issues, and wonder how it can be carried out without a bigger budget and staff.

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