US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Tied to Suicide of Mississippi Lawyer

Published on February 21, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 20 that it will not consider a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mississippi lawyer who took his own life nearly a decade ago after being arrested due to his alleged involvement in a political scheme. The request for a hearing in the case was filed by an attorney for lawyer Mark Mayfield’s family shortly after the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals also denied a request for a rehearing. Mr. Mayfield, an attorney in Madison County, was arrested by the Madison Police Department in 2014 after allegedly providing information to people who snuck into a nursing home and photographed the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran during a contentious election....

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