NATION IN BRIEF : MISSISSIPPI : Former Judge Held on Parole Violation
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A former federal judge who was impeached by Congress following his perjury conviction was arrested and charged with breaking his parole by carrying a gun, authorities said. Former U.S. District Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr., 61, was arrested at his home in Ocean Springs, Miss., officials said. Nixon was convicted in 1986 of lying to a federal grand jury about a pending drug case. He was paroled after serving two years of a five-year sentence.
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