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February 27, 2009

YP – John Grisham turns the corner on judicial bribery scandals

While in Jackson to receive a Governor’s Art Award, John Grisham made some comments at a book signing that seems to indicate that he’s turned the corner on the judicial bribery scandals that have involved his friends Dickie Scruggs, Joey Langston and Paul Minor. It’s about time. “There’s nothing good you can say about it.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 27, 2009

GC – P.L. Blake still enigma in bribery probe

Blake still enigma in bribery probe However, in federal documents related to the judicial bribery investigation, a confidential source described Blake as “the ‘bagman’ for DS (Dickie Scruggs) during the national tobacco case.” Whatever Blake’s job, court documents show that he is slated to earn, by 2023, $50 million for his work for Scruggs. Roughly…