Mississippi will have to pay over $400,000 in attorneys’ fees for years spent defending a sodomy law the U.S. Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional.
by Molly Minta, Mississippi TodayMississippi to pay more than $400K in attorneys’ fees over unconstitutional sodomy law by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today July 28, 2023 Mississippi will have to pay more than $400,000 in attorneys’ fees after the attorney general’s office spent years defending a sodomy law that criminalizes oral and anal sex. The law in question — Section 97-29-59 — was deemed unconstitutional in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case Lawrence v.
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