MISSISSIPPIANS FOR SMART JUSTICE v. MDOC

No. 2011-CA-00632-SCT.

98 So.3d 459 (2012)

MISSISSIPPIANS EDUCATING FOR SMART JUSTICE, INC., Mississippi Cure, Inc., Robert Simon, Rodney Gray a/k/a Rodney Fitge Gray and Benny Joe Stevens v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael James Bentley , Jackson, David Neil McCarty , James Michael Priest, Jr. , Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by Jason Lewis Davis , Harold Edward Pizzetta, III , attorneys for appellee.

Before WALLER, C.J., LAMAR and PIERCE, JJ.


PIERCE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Three death-row inmates, Robert Simon, Rodney Gray, and Benny Stevens, along with the groups, Mississippians Educating for Smart Justice and Mississippi CURE, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners) filed a complaint in the Hinds County Circuit Court, seeking a writ of mandamus, injunctive relief, and/or a declaratory judgment against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).1 The complaint...

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