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February 12, 2009

LAWANDMORE – “I see Dickie Scruggs shackled, orange-jumpsuit-and-all”

“I see Dickie Scruggs shackled, orange-jumpsuit-and-all,” Alan Lange, Y’all Politics The King [why does that term always default on Southern lads – e.g. Elvis, King George Bush] was in court to plead to a one count information of mail fraud involving corrupting a public official from providing “honest services” to the state. That count has…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 12, 2009

NMC – Was Dickie Scruggs II also a state felony?

The Government’s Factual Basis implies that the scheme was also a state felony… The factual basis used by the prosecution yesterday incorporates a state criminal statute as part of outlining the crime relating to Scruggs and the circuit judge. The statute is cited and then attached to the factual basis. Here’s what the document says…