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July 3, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs gets 14 months prison time
Zach Scruggs gets 14 months prison time Also present and representing Zach was former Mississippi AG Mike Moore, who at one point, to the apparent surprise of the judge, who said he was accustomed to only one lawyer speaking on behalf of a defendant, interjected some bunk about counseling Zach over the last year and…
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July 3, 2008
WJSLAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months, Though Gov’t Suggested Probation
Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months, Though Gov’t Suggested Probation Former Mississippi AG Mike Moore defended Scruggs, saying that Scruggs never knew of an attempt to corrupt a judge. But Biggers said one of the most negative things about Scruggs’s case was that Scruggs had declared his great love and respect for law. “Your actions have…
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July 3, 2008
YP – Partial text from Zach’s March plea hearing
THE COURT : All right. Mr. Graves, Mr. Moore, do either of you have any doubt as to the defendant’ s competence to enter a plea at this time? MR . GRAVES : No, sir. MR . MOORE : No, sir. THE COURT : The Court finds that this defendant is competent to enter a…
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July 3, 2008
Governor Barbour pushes Judge Singletary to rush decision on Medicaid
“I have directed the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to file a motion today asking Judge William H. Singletary of the Hinds County Chancery Court to expedite his ruling in a lawsuit challenging the agency’s authority to increase gross revenue assessments on hospitals as a means of funding the program. I believe now as I did…
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July 3, 2008
Text of Zach Scruggs’ Sentencing Hearing
The Zach Scruggs Sentencing Hearing Transcript courtesy of our friends at FOLO THE COURT : All right. The next case on the docket is U . S . v . David Zachary Scruggs. Who’ s with him? Are they here? (Pause) Come up, gentlemen. All right. Let’ s get some order back there. All right.…
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July 3, 2008
YP – Misprision of Felony
Most news outlets are reporting that Zach Scruggs pleaded guilty to misprision of felony by simply failing to report the “conspiracy” to influence Judge Lackey. The Daily Mississippian says “Zach Scruggs pleaded guilty to failure to report a conspiracy by his father and law partners to bribe Mississippi Circuit Court Judge Henry Lackey earlier this…
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July 3, 2008
The Longhorn effect – UT $$$
The Longhorn effect – UT $$$ Standing on a concrete patio outside his new $9.7 million athletics center, University of North Texas Athletics Director Rick Villarreal gazes south and sees a bright future – a 50,000-seat football stadium that he hopes will soon sprout from the gently rolling former fairway and propel the Mean Green…
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July 3, 2008
Former Longhorns Thomas, Williams and Johnson making their marks off the football field
Former Longhorns Thomas, Williams and Johnson making their marks off the football field Three college freshmen talked about NFL riches and Super Bowls. They dreamed of winning national football championships. They even threw around the idea of doing a football camp for kids one day. None of them won that coveted national title, although one…
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July 3, 2008
Sid Salter – Medicaid: Barbour seeks a judicial solution
Medicaid: Barbour seeks a judicial solution Locked in stalemate with the Legislature over the Medicaid special session, it seems Gov. Haley Barbour is hoping for a judicial solution to a problem he hasn’t been able to win a legislative victory to solve. This just in from the Governor’s Office: “I have directed the Mississippi Division…
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July 3, 2008
LIFE OF REILLY
LIFE OF REILLY Congrats, newly minted NBA rookie! Now you’ve been drafted. Next comes the delicious multimillion-dollar contract. And that’s when you must do what most NBA players do: start going through cash like Jack Black through the Keebler factory. Filing for bankruptcy is a long-standing tradition for NBA players, 60% of whom, according to…
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July 3, 2008
POL – misprision of a felony equals concealing the crime
Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months The WSJ law blog says that this federal crime is committed by failure to report a crime of which one has knowledge, but that is not accurate. The federal crime of misprision of a felony requires concealment of the crime, not merely non-reporting of it. The young Scruggs’ attorney was…
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July 3, 2008
Perno signs new $2.25 million contract
Perno signs new $2.25 million contract Georgia baeball coach David Perno, who led the Diamond Dogs to their third College World Series appearance in the last five seasons, agreed to a new five-year, $2.25 million contract, Director of Athletics Damon Evans announced Wednesday. “I’m excited we have reached an agreement with David to ensure he…
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May 5, 2025
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Maxwell appointed USDA State Director by President Trump
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Senator Wicker on Trump’s budget request: President’s advisors “were apparently not listening”
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Parrish Alford
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May 5, 2025
Selmon under pressure to protect Mississippi State’s baseball legacy with next hire
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Robert St. John
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May 5, 2025
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May 5, 2025
The storm of God’s wrath
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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