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AP Analysis: Minor, Scruggs cases force Miss. judges to rethink relationships with attorneys

By: Magnolia Tribune - June 20, 2011

AP Analysis: Minor, Scruggs cases force Miss. judges to rethink relationships with attorneys

JACKSON, Miss. — The corruption case involving Paul Minor and two former Harrison County jurists has changed forever the relationships between Mississippi judges and lawyers, a federal public defender says.

“Every judge in Mississippi has looked at what happened to Mr. (Wes) Teel and Mr. (John) Whitfield and rethought their relationship with attorneys,” George Lucas said recently.

Lucas, who represented Teel, said that “in terms of deterrence … this case has been a success.”

AP
6/20/11

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