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December 19, 2008
Hinds DA loses motion in murder trial – DA then goes after Judge Yerger’s administrator in hearing
Hinds DA loses motion in murder trial Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith failed today to get the authority to charge senior Circuit Judge Swan Yerger’s court administrator with a crime for whiting out the judge’s signature on a document. Yerger testified at the show cause hearing in Hinds County Circuit Court that his…
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December 19, 2008
The lionization of Joey Langston by the Jackson Free “I never met a felon I didn’t like” Press
Langston Suit Fraught with Politics The state is currently suing the attorneys and the Langston Law Firm to return $14 million paid to them by MCI/WorldCom in a $126.2 million tax-fraud settlement with the state in 2005. WorldCom agreed to give the state $100 million in cash and ownership of WorldCom’s downtown property, and it…
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December 18, 2008
Childers to brief leaders on stimulus opportunities
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/18/8 U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., will host a forum Thursday to brief local leaders on potential funding for North Mississippi projects from the economic stimulus package that Congress is expected to pass in early January. The summit will be at the BancorpSouth Conference Center Poplar Room from 1:30 p.m.…
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December 18, 2008
Ga. man to be sentenced in Miss. beef plant case
The Sun Herald, 12/18/8 A Georgia businessman involved in a failed $55 million beef plant was to be sentenced Thursday after he pleaded guilty several months ago to illegally contributing to a former Mississippi governor’s campaign. Robert Moultrie was chairman and chief executive of the Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga. The group managed construction of…
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December 18, 2008
Legal scandal: Who’s who case grinds on . . .
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/18/8 With the sentencing of disbarred Booneville lawyer Joey Langston on Tuesday, the public would probably wish this was the end of the year-long legal scandal. But the wheels of justice – that lurched into motion on Nov. 29, 2007, when a federal grand jury indicted one of the nation’s most successful…
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December 18, 2008
Voter ID, early voting considered by legislators
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/8 Mississippi lawmakers began the process of drafting legislation today that could bring early voting, voter identification requirements and other election reforms to Mississippi. Members of the Senate Elections Committee considered a report from the Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann as they met at the state Capitol. The report stems from statewide meetings…
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December 18, 2008
YP – Follow the Money . . . Where did Joey Langston put money “to work”?
This whole Scruggs judicial/political scandal is about money . . . who gets it, and why. Campaign donations were a huge lever that this crowd used to get and keep their friends in political power. That’s not to say that anyone who received contributions from these folks did anything bad (though many right thinking pols…
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December 18, 2008
Right answer . . . Bush considering “orderly” auto bankruptcy
Bush considering “orderly” auto bankruptcy The Bush administration is seriously considering “orderly” bankruptcy as a way of dealing with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry. “The president is not going to allow a disorderly collapse of the companies,” White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday. “A disorderly collapse would be something very chaotic that…
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December 18, 2008
Auburn hire: More incompetence than bad intent
Auburn hire: More incompetence than bad intent Whether Charles Barkley was right when he said “race was the No. 1 factor” why Auburn chose Gene Chizik over Turner Gill is something only a few higher-ups in the athletic department and the administration at his alma mater will ever know. But Barkley may be giving them…
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December 18, 2008
PERRY – The migration of politics online
PERRY/The migration of politics online Msgop.org was the first party web site in Mississippi. That year Bishop also worked on State Auditor Phil Bryant’s campaign web page, the first statewide official to have a web presence apart from a government site. Brad Morris, now chief-of-staff to First District Congressman Travis Childers, produced an early landmark…
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December 18, 2008
LNL – Like Scruggs, Langston gets maximum sentence
Like Scruggs, Langston gets maximum sentence Mills opined that he had never witnessed a more talented lawyer than Langston, calling him an ‘outstanding litigator.’ Still, Mills sentenced Langston to the maximum three-year stay in federal prison for his role in a judicial bribery scheme involving disgraced plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. Langston asked to be…
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December 18, 2008
NMC – Justice Diaz’s remarkable dissent in Doss v. State
Justice Diaz’s remarkable dissent in Doss v. State The most remarkable part is a long opinion by Justice Diaz about the failure of the death penalty. He is joined in full in that opinion by Justice Graves and in part by Justice Dickinson (the opinion has two parts, one about mental retardation and one about…
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi Supreme Court clears way for Crawford execution
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi Child Protective Services partners with Sunnybrook Children’s Home to license more foster parents
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September 12, 2025
A 22-year-old Utah man is in custody in Charlie Kirk shooting
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Frank Corder
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September 12, 2025
HII announces partnership with shipyards in multiple states to meet increased demand by U.S. Navy
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Daniel Tyson
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September 11, 2025
Domtar shuttering Grenada paper mill, impacting more than 150 employees
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September 11, 2025
US inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food and airfares jumped
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Alistair Begg
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September 15, 2025
The path toward rejoicing
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi’s “Literary Lawn Party” returns this weekend
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Alistair Begg
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September 12, 2025
Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?
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Kimberly Ross
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September 11, 2025
Misapplied rage permeates throughout modern society
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Russ Latino
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September 10, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presents a turning point opportunity
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Sid Salter
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September 10, 2025
‘Walking Tall?’: Sordid allegations against legendary Tennessee sheriff are shocking
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