Jim Kitchens: I'm Running to Protect the Integrity of our Courts
Press Release  By:  Jim Kitchens Date: May 21, 2008
Location: Brandon, MS  Jim Kitchens, a former district attorney
with 40 years practicing law, formally announced his candidacy
today, saying his decision to run was rooted in the desire to
uphold and protect the integrity of the courts.  "In the last
several years, a disturbing trend has emerged from our courts,
one where the people of Mississippi are routinely overlooked for
the benefit of large corporations and out-of-state interests,"
Kitchens said.  Kitchens said he fears the court is moving too
close to being a politically motivated body. While he believes
there are fair, impartial justices sitting on the bench, he says
some seem to be ruling based on political ideology instead of on
the letter of the law.  "I've been in situations where it was my
duty to represent a client whose political and personal beliefs
ran contrary to my own, but I upheld my duty as an officer of
the court and pro