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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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Magnolia Tribune
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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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July 2, 2008
WSJ LAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months, Though Gov’t Suggested Probation
Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months, Though Gov’t Suggested Probation According to this report in the Daily Mississippian, Judge Biggers said even though Dickie was the primary actor in the case, Zach was fully aware of what was going on. “It was clear that not only did you know what was going on, you were participating…
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July 2, 2008
DM – Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months
Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months 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 year. Biggers said even though Scruggs’s father was the primary actor in the case, Scruggs was fully aware of what was going on.…
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July 2, 2008
AP – Anti-tobacco lawyer’s son sentenced in bribe plan
Anti-tobacco lawyer’s son sentenced in bribe plan The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities. Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday by the same federal judge who last week sent his father to prison for…
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July 2, 2008
SH – Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months
Headline goes here Zach Scruggs gets 14 months in prison for failing to report an attempt to influence a state court judge. His father, Dickie Scruggs, was sentenced to the maximum 5 years in prison Friday for conspiring to bribe the judge. U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers Jr. presided over the case. Sunherald.com will…
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Frank Corder
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October 15, 2025
Young says race should not be a motivating factor in drawing Mississippi electoral districts
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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October 15, 2025
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
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Frank Corder
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October 15, 2025
Vice President J.D. Vance, Erika Kirk bringing Turning Point USA campus tour to Ole Miss
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October 7, 2025
Averitt Express announces $9.6 million expansion in Richland
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October 2, 2025
Smurfit Westrock expanding in Saltillo
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Lynne Jeter
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September 25, 2025
Jabil establishing $70 million facility in Marshall County
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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October 15, 2025
No. 5 Mississippi-No. 9 Georgia tops list of five Top 25 matchups
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Marilyn Tinnin
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October 15, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Cissye Meeks Gallagher – legendary golfer winning at life
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Alistair Begg
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October 15, 2025
A firm obligation
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Sid Salter
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October 15, 2025
Gun violence remains a dangerous reality that’s growing in rural Mississippi counties
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Kelley Williams
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October 14, 2025
Faded roses
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Russ Latino
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October 13, 2025
Lawmakers’ School Choice Dilemma: Side with Donald Trump and Mississippi parents or side with the Southern Poverty Law Center
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