Mississippi Democratic nominee for attorney general Greta Kemp Martin says “inaction” has been the primary feature of the state’s top law enforcement office under her opponent's tenure.
Greta Kemp Martin, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, speaks to reporters at a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Jackson, FILE - Mississippi Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch speaks at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, May 9, 2023, in Pearl, Miss. Fitch faces Democratic challenger Greta Kemp Martin in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
“I’m not going to shy away from things that people deem controversial, because they’re not,” Kemp Martin said. “These are issues that have to be brought to the forefront. I see no reason why state leaders shouldn’t talk about them. It seems crazy not to.” Kemp Martin stood next to family members of an incarcerated woman who she says may have been the victim of prosecutorial misconduct. Also in the crowd was, who will become Mississippi’s first-ever openly gay state legislator, women’s advocates and Black candidates for elected office on the Nov. 7 ballot. The assembled guests represent the “faces of the failures of Lynn Fitch’s tenure,” Kemp Martin said.
She also promised to create a civil rights division within the Attorney General’s Office to evaluate discrimination cases and work closely with the U.S. Department of Justice. She said the move would help the state avoid legal disputes with the federal government, such as when the Justice Department
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