Readers Matthew Bower and Scipio (Scipio Mississippiensis, not Africanus) report that the Mississippi judge who published that homosexuals-should-be-locked-up rant was the equivalent of a Justice of the Peace; people who hold this post in Mississippi have relatively modest powers compared to normal judges. They also needn’t be lawyers, or even college graduates; Scipio mentions that he has a vague recollection that Judge Wilkerson is indeed not a lawyer.
I suppose this makes me feel a little better — at least this fellow can’t do that much damage, and his comments do not not necessarily reflect on the quality of the Mississippi Bar’s opinions or articulateness.
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