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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:26 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:26
Attorney General Jim Hood says he’ll try again next year to get the authority to use wiretaps while investigating white-collar crimes.
A wiretapping bill passed the Mississippi House but died in the Senate during the 3 1/2-month session that ended Friday.
Hood spoke Monday during a luncheon sponsored by Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government and the Capitol press corps.
He said state investigators can use wiretaps in drug cases, but not in cases of jury tampering or in white-collar crimes. He said recordings can help convince jurors that a defendant is guilty.
“You get ’em by their own words,” Hood said.