Marcus D. Gordon
Neshoba County Circuit Judge
Judge Marcus D. Gordon, 73, grew up in Union, near the Neshoba County line. After high school he attended East Central Community College for one semester on an athletic scholarship before enlisting in the United States Air Force.
After his discharge, he re-enrolled at ECCC and later transferred to the University of Mississippi where he received his bachelor’s degree and in 1959, his law degree.
He entered private practice in Decatur with brother Rex Gordon until being elected District Attorney for the 8th Circuit Court District in 1971.
In 1977, he was appointed Circuit Court Judge and held the post until 1987 when he resigned to re-enter private practice with his brother Rex and nephew Rex Jr.
In 1990 he was re-elected and has held the position since that time.
Gordon has confirmed he will seek another term in the 2006 election.
Mark Duncan
Neshoba County District Attorney
Mark Duncan, 46, was elected District Attorney in 2004, after four terms as assistant District Attorney.
A graduate of Philadelphia High School, he earned a bachelor of science in banking and finance from the University of Mississippi in 1981. He entered law school in the summer of that same year, completing the three-year program in 27 months.
He and his wife, Joni, have one son, Ben, 16. They attend First United Methodist Church.
Hon. Jim Hood
Mississippi Attorney General
Jim Hood was elected Attorney General of Mississippi on Nov. 4, 2003. Prior to being elected Attorney General, Hood was the District Attorney for the Third Circuit Court District in north Mississippi, which includes Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, and Union counties.
Hood served in the Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General for five years where he ran the Drug Asset Forfeiture Unit.
His unit seized over $1 million from drug dealers which local law enforcement agencies throughout Mississippi used in their drug enforcement effort.
Hood received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi in December 1988. He was educated in the public schools of Chickasaw County. He and his wife, Debbie, have three children: Rebecca, 8, Matthew, 5, and Annabelle Leigh, 1.
Mitch Moran
Defense attorney
Defense Attorney Mitch Moran, 43, has been practicing law in Carthage for seven years.
Originally from Houston, Texas, Moran received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.
After receiving his law degree from Mississippi College, he worked for Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Chief Phillip Martin before entering private practice.
He became involved in the case after being contacted by a Killen family member shortly after his arrest on murder charges in January.
James McIntyre
Defense attorney
James McIntyre has been practicing law in Jackson for over 40 years. The McIntyre Law Firm is at 828 North State St. He has three children and is also a grandfather.
McIntyre has been described as a “grizzled veteran” in the courtroom. He was the attorney for former Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey, who won acquittal in the 1967 federal trial.
Larry A. Myers
Neshoba County Sheriff
Sheriff Larry A. Myers is a law enforcement veteran with more than 33 years of experience at the county, district and state levels.
A native Neshoba countian, Myers served four years in the United States Air Force after graduating from Philadelphia High School in 1964. He then entered the Mississippi Highway Patrol Training Academy.
Myers retired from the Highway Patrol in 1996, spending the last 15 years of his career as a criminal investigator working alongside city, county, state and federal authorities.
Shortly after his retirement, he was deputized by then Sheriff Glen Waddell and appointed jail administrator where he served until being elected sheriff in 2003.
He and his wife, Alesia, have five daughters and seven grandchildren.
