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June 27, 2008

Barbour appoints Bourgeois to bench

The Hattiesburg American, 6/27/8 Governor Haley Barbour has named a new circuit judge for the district that covers Harrison, Hancock and Stone counties. Lawrence P. Bourgeois (BOORZ’-wah) Junior of Pass Christian will replace former Judge Steve Simpson, who left the bench in April to serve as head of the state Department of Public Safety. The…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 27, 2008

SH – Judge Neal D. Biggers Jr. – “reprehensible”

Scruggs gets 5 years, $250,000 Dickie Scruggs received the maximum 5 years in prison in $250,000 in fines for a crime Judge Neal D. Biggers Jr. called “reprehensible.” Before sentencing, Scruggs told the judge, “I could not be more ashamed to be where I am today. I realized I was getting mixed up in it…