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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
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
The many faces of the spread – Tony Franklin/Auburn
The many faces of the spread – Tony Franklin/Auburn Auburn offensive coordinator Tony Franklin has traveled the country teaching his version of the spread offense. From coast to coast, from the frozen North to the humid South, Franklin has had an impact on high school programs. Last December, he put in enough of his hyper-speed…
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July 3, 2008
Todd’s the answer at Auburn
Todd’s the answer at Auburn Normally if a football team is expected to make a run at the SEC West and a BCS berth, a few things have to be in place, most notably talent and experience. Talent virtually always trumps coaching — especially on the college level. Even if you have an X’s and…
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July 3, 2008
YP – Does Mike Moore insult Judge Bigger’s intelligence?
Judge Biggers points out that Zach Scrugg’s participation in discussing the order from Judge Lackey that Balducci brought with him and discussed in the wiretap transcripts with Backstrom, Zach Scruggs and then Dick Scruggs, is obvious participation in the “conspiracy.” He doesn’t allude to the bribery, but he does point out that editing a Judge’s…
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July 2, 2008
A-Rod drama returns with Madonna rumors
A-Rod drama returns with Madonna rumors You should see the view up here from Idiot Hill. How did I get here? Another A-Bomb from A-Rod, that’s how. Let this be a lesson. I’m the genius who wrote a column just last week remarking about how controversy free Alex Rodriguez has been this season — only…
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July 2, 2008
WSJ LAWBLOG – The How, Why and What the Heck Behind Scruggs’s 14-Month Sentence
The How, Why and What the Heck Behind Scruggs’s 14-Month Sentence Here at LBHQ, we were taken aback, to say the least, at the sentence that Judge Neal Biggers in Oxford, Miss. imposed this morning on Zach Scruggs, son of Dickie, who last week was sentenced to five years. We reached out to a couple…
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July 2, 2008
CL – Zach Scruggs might appeal?
Younger Scruggs also going to jail The courtroom was packed with several people crying. His attorney, former Attorney General Mike Moore, said he has known Zach Scruggs since he was a small child. Moore recruited the elder Scruggs to negotiate Mississippi’s successful, groundbreaking lawsuit against the tobacco industry. “He’s very remorseful, very contrite and ashamed,”…
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July 2, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs gets 14 months prison time
Zach Scruggs gets 14 months prison time Here is a transcript of Zach Scruggs’ sentencing hearing, at the website of the Sun Herald, and you may note when you read it that Zach was represented by suspected Trailer Lawyer Todd Graves. (Unconfirmed rumors were that Graves arrived at the courthouse in a single-wide pulled by…
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August 7, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 7, 2025
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Daniel Tyson
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August 6, 2025
Commissioner Trusty shares FCC’s plan to unleash growth, internet access
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Daniel Tyson
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August 6, 2025
Jackson residents want safer streets
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Lynne Jeter
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August 5, 2025
Mancuso Chemicals investing $5.52 million in the Magnolia State
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August 4, 2025
Cherry elected Mississippi Power chairman, CEO
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Lynne Jeter
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July 17, 2025
Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract
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Susan Marquez
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August 7, 2025
Pike County’s Sophie Marie lands national cooking show
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Alistair Begg
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August 7, 2025
Serve where He has placed you
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Richelle Putnam
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August 6, 2025
The Song Inside Us All: Voices from the 2025 MSA Pines Region Songwriters Festival
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Russ Latino
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August 7, 2025
The Mississippi Democratic Party got mad about school choice, then unwittingly made the case for it
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Sid Salter
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August 6, 2025
Will moving Neshoba stump speeches to June in 2026 lessen the fair’s political impact?
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Russ Latino
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August 5, 2025
The “no public money to private schools” mantra of school choice opponents is objectively dumb
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