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June 30, 2008
DM – Ole Mississippians discuss Scruggs
Ole Miss faculty responds to Scruggs’ maximum sentence Faculty members at the University of Mississippi are speaking out concerning the 5-year prison sentence Richard “Dickie” Scruggs received Friday, including how his absence will affect the university. Associate Professor of journalism Curtis Wilkie is now working on a book about the Scruggs case. “I know him…
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June 30, 2008
CL EDITORIAL – Scruggs: Went from highest to lowest at bar
Scruggs: Went from highest to lowest at bar With his sentencing in federal court, the saga of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs reads like a Greek tragedy or a verse from the Bible, for, certainly, lo, the mighty are fallen. But if Scruggs, his family and associates were given tough sentences, the integrity of the Mississippi Bar…
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June 30, 2008
DJ EDITORIAL – Justice trumps arrogance
EDITORIAL:Justice trumps arrogance The federal judiciary and its prosecutors delivered a humiliating blow on Friday to the enemies of integrity in the Mississippi state judiciary. The sentencing of famed plaintiffs’ attorney Richard Scruggs and his former law firm associate, Sidney Backstrom, on charges of attempting to bribe a state circuit court judge, reverberates among all…
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June 30, 2008
Nut Roots Reach for 60 Seats
Net Roots Reach for 60 Seats Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove’s inclusion on the list shows more pragmatism from a group of activists generally known for supporting only liberal candidates. Other Democratic efforts are focused on the purification of the party. “Admittedly, this campaign is a bit more tactical and less ideological than others,” Orton…
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June 30, 2008
LOA – Scruggs Redux: Transcripts, Reactions and Editorials
Scruggs Redux: Transcripts, Reactions and Editorials The Sun Herald has the Dickie Scruggs sentencing transcript in plain text, Folo has a partial transcript from the Backstrom sentencing. The Clarion-Ledger has reactions from various parties, including Judge Henry Lackey. Alan Lange at Y’all Politics criticizes the questionable post-sentencing comments of AG Jim Hood and former AG…
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June 29, 2008
Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 1
Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 1 1.) 1910 New Orleans Pelicans (87-53) – won Southern Association The final analysis comes down to not only team success (which the Pelicans definitely achieved for an extended period of time – 10 championships over a 48-year period), but also to star power, and the 1910…
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June 29, 2008
Saints London game a hot ticket
Saints London game a hot ticket American football might not be the national game of England, but it is becoming more popular. On Friday, the 15,000 tickets available in the second general admission sale for the NFL regular-season game at Wembley Stadium sold out in 30 minutes. Last month, the first 40,000 tickets for the…
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June 29, 2008
Schools should provide educational majors in professional athletics – Outstanding piece
Schools should provide educational majors in professional athletics – Outstanding piece The difference between Brandon Rush and his draft-scarred Kansas teammates, Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur, is a fortunate knee injury. Rush desperately wanted to make the same mistake Chalmers and Arthur made, leaving for the NBA draft a year too early and 12 months…
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June 29, 2008
Prominent Democrats will skip convention
Prominent Democrats will skip convention Reps. Gene Taylor of the 4th District and Travis Childers of the 1st District are delegates. But they don’t plan to go to Denver to vote for their party’s presidential nominee. It’s customary for Taylor, one of the most rebellious Democrats in the House, to skip his party’s conventions. Childers,…
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June 29, 2008
SH EDITORIAL – Scruggs did not stain Lackey or Biggers
Scruggs did not stain Lackey or Biggers Scruggs, 62, has not only tainted decades of legendary legal work, he has deepened the doubts of those who do not trust the judicial system. Lackey cannot be commended enough for courageously helping bring Scruggs to justice. And Biggers cannot be thanked enough for imposing as powerful a…
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June 29, 2008
FOLO – Keker’s sentencing remarks and Southern Literature
Keker’s sentencing remarks and Southern Literature I’m not sure this is really a time to be asking for the likes of Faulkner to explain what I presume Keker thinks is a tragic fall by a self-made man. Because, really, the only of Faulkner’s books that comes to mind (unless you want to think Flem Snopes,…
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Reflections on Dickie Scruggs’ Sentencing
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