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June 26, 2008

Saban: Johns off Alabama team after drug arrest

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/645084.html TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama football coach Nick Saban has dismissed Jimmy Johns from the team following the player's arrest on drug charges. Saban announced the decision in a brief statement issued shortly after Johns' arrest on Tuesday. The coach said the alleged behavior won't be tolerated and Johns is no longer on the football team. Police arrested Johns on multiple felony charges after what they describe as an investigation that lasted about two months. Authorities say there is no indication that any other players were involved. Sunherald.com 6/26/08
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June 26, 2008

Scruggs urges leniency in motion to judge

Scruggs urges leniency in motion to judge Attorney Dickie Scruggs’ legal team filed a motion Wednesday afternoon that urges a federal judge to give Scruggs a sentence of 30 months rather than the maximum five years in prison he could serve for conspiring to bribe a state court judge. The lengthy motion describes Scruggs’ young…
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June 26, 2008

YP – Government Sentence Memorandum and Scruggs’ Reponse

Today, the Government filed a Sentence Memorandum outlining the rationale for sentencing in the Scruggs case. The core issue in the back and forth between Government lawyers’ and Scruggs’ lawyers is determining the value of what Scruggs’ derived from participating in bribing Judge Lackey. If Biggers determines the value at just the $50,000 that Scruggs…