Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
Former public defender
Both a former prosecutor & public defender
- 9 Total seats
- 0 Current vacancies
- 3 Prosecutors
- 1 Public Defender (or other indigent defense experience)
- 2 Justices are both a former prosecutor & public defender
- 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