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Dickie Scruggs: Scruggs, another one of the nation’s most high-profile plaintiffs’ lawyers, got caught up in a sordid and riveting case of judicial bribery. As a result, Scruggs (Ole Miss, Ole Miss Law) pleaded guilty in March and is now serving a five year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland, Kentucky.
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