Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
Both a former prosecutor & public defender
- 9 total seats
- 0 current vacancies
- 5 prosecutors
- 1 public defender
- 1 Justice is both a former prosecutor & public defender
- 1 Justice has other indigent defense experience
- 0 civil rights lawyers
How Members of the Mississippi Supreme Court are Selected:
Nonpartisan Election
Justices are selected and re-selected in nonpartisan elections to serve eight-year terms. Interim selections to fill vacancies that occur between elections are made by governor appointment, which is informed but not bound by recommendations from a government-appointed judicial nominating commission.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map