The Nation - News from June 7, 1985
State Sen. Tommy Brooks resigned from the Mississippi Legislature more than two decades after he first entered it and two days after his conviction in Jackson on a federal charge of attempted extortion. Gov. Bill Allain will call a special election to fill the vacancy. Brooks, 60, was convicted of attempted extortion for trying to exchange his Senate influence for $52,000 in cash and $19,000 in stock from a group trying to legalize horse racing. He is to be sentenced July 18 and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail and a fine of $10,000.
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