Following a request from temporary Hinds District Attorney Brad McCullouch, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors on Monday agreed to pay for a prosecutor to resolve cases that haven’t gone to trial.
McCullouch told the board that the new prosecutor would work to quell crowding in the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond – a proposal that delighted some of the county’s five supervisors.
The new DA was appointed by Gov. Tate Reeves in July after former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and resigned…