Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
News
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
Scruggs’ peers express sadness and satisfaction
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/15/8 News of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs’ guilty plea Friday morning reverberated throughout the state’s legal community, eliciting either sympathy or satisfaction from a number of the famed attorney’s former peers. “I think justice was greatly served, and I think it was long past due,” said Clarksdale lawyer Charlie Merkel, who…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
Scruggs plea: Ominous, sobering realities
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/15/8 Dickie Scruggs, the Oxford attorney who grew up poor in Pascagoula, had it all – the opulent private jet, the shiny Bentley, the 120-ft. yacht, the vacation home in Key West, reputed legal fees earned of nearly $1 billion and a reputation as one of the most respected and most feared trials…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
Scruggs faces up to 5 years in prison
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/15/8 Dickie Scruggs, a prominent and influential trial lawyer portrayed in a 1999 hit movie, is facing a maximum five years in prison after admitting he conspired to bribe a judge. Scruggs, 61, pleaded guilty Friday in a plea agreement in U.S. District Court in Oxford to one count of conspiracy to bribe…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
‘No crossover’ rule could affect candidates’ plans
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/14/8 If 1st Congressional District voters plan to vote in the April 1 runoff elections, they must do so for the same party they chose March 11. It’s Mississippi election law – the two votes are considered one election, and folks can’t change parties in midstream. That may be a…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
Former foes join up in House race
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/14/8 Unsuccessful Democratic congressional candidates Marshall Coleman and Brian Neely will issue a joint endorsement Monday for one of the remaining candidates in the 1st District House race. And whoever gets it will have to show a strong commitment to racial diversity, among other key issues. Neely and Coleman, who…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
FOLO – The transcripts from the pleas
The transcripts from the pleas One distinction between the two players in court today: I have no doubt that Judge Biggers came away convinced that Sidney Backstrom had accepted responsibility for what he did wrong. I equally suspect that it would be hard to accept that Dickie Scruggs has done so. Anyhow, here are the…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
LATIMES – Legal legend Dickie Scruggs pleads guilty in bribery
Legal legend Dickie Scruggs pleads guilty in bribery On Friday, his critics rested their case in the court of public opinion. The storied Mississippi lawyer — the man who engineered the monumental tobacco settlement of the 1990s, then took on Big Insurance after Hurricane Katrina — pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he conspired…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
FOLO – The prosecutors now want to see what was found at the Scruggs law firm
The prosecutors now want to see what was found at the Scruggs law firm Apparently under the taint team process, the US Attorneys in W.D. Tennessee (as the taint team) reviewed the documents and computer records found in the search of the Scruggs law firm. They reviewed them and found a set of documents that…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
FOLO – What’s going on with Zach Scruggs
What’s going on with Zach Scruggs In the hearing this morning, Zach Scruggs was notably absent. The fact that Sid Backstrom has agreed in his plea agreement to cooperate strongly suggests that Zach has more exposure than previously, because Sid Backstrom will be able to present an “inside view” of what was going on in…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
CL EDITORIAL – DAs: Hood should appoint independent counsel
DAs: Hood should appoint independent counsel In the letters, dated Feb. 25, to District Attorney Ben Creekmore of Lafayette County, Hinds County DA Robert Shuler Smith and Booneville DA John Young, Hood said: “The full resources of my office will be available to you should you choose to pursue state charges.” That’s a good step…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
3,634
3,635
3,636
3,637
3,638
…
4,214
Next
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Scruggs Faces Five — Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?
Scruggs Faces Five — Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? Was the evidence against Scruggs & Son so strong that Dickie didn’t have the leverage to get his son sprung? “All we can tell from the fact that he plead and his son didn’t was that there was no such deal struck,” Daniel R.…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 15, 2008
CNN – ‘King of Torts’ pleads guilty in judge-bribing case
‘King of Torts’ pleads guilty in judge-bribing case CNN 3/14/8
News
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
August 29, 2025
Ag Secretary Rollins speaks at Mississippi U.S. Senator Hyde-Smith’s re-election campaign kickoff
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
August 29, 2025
Lawmakers urged to update state’s medical cannabis program to ease patient, practitioner concerns
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
August 29, 2025
Reeves, Barbour, Gabbard mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport ceremony
Business
Business
|
Lynne Jeter
•
August 29, 2025
Tri-state partnership boosts South’s automaker bid
Business
|
Lynne Jeter
•
August 28, 2025
Northrop Grumman opens high-tech aerospace lab at Northeast Mississippi Community College
Business
|
Lynne Jeter
•
August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
Culture
Culture
|
Ben Smith
•
August 29, 2025
In the midst of the storm
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
August 29, 2025
Where to find happiness
Culture
|
Laura Lee Leathers
•
August 28, 2025
CW Organics Apothicaire & Tea Room is a spot to slow down and savor the moment
Opinion
Opinion
|
Dan Rollins
, John Hairston
, Kevin Chapman
, Duane Dewey
•
August 29, 2025
Protecting Main Street’s money, strengthening Mississippi’s banks
Opinion
|
Chris Wells
•
August 29, 2025
Looking Ahead: Safeguarding Mississippi for the next generation
Opinion
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
August 29, 2025
20 years after Katrina, former Gov. Haley Barbour remembers partnerships that changed disaster recovery forever
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
Email
(Required)
X/Twitter
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder
