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A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
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| Birth: | 29th May, 1937 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Judge, Politician |
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Charles Willis Pickering, Sr. was born in Laurel, Mississippi. He is an American retired federal judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and briefly on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Mississippi at Oxford. He earned his LL.B. in 1961 from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Pickering was appointed and served as city prosecuting attorney in Laurel. He was thereafter elected and served four years as the Jones County prosecutor. After serving briefly as Laurel municipal judge, he was elected to two terms in the Mississippi State Senate, serving from 1972 to 1980.
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