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January 16, 2008
OVERLAWYERED – More about Joseph (“Joey”) Langston, part I
More about Joseph (“Joey”) Langston, part I Many commenters (as at David Rossmiller’s) have noted that Langston appears to have drawn an unusually favorable plea deal from federal investigators, who are granting him remarkably broad impunity as to uncharged offenses, and not even stipulating that he give up all ill-gotten funds. Presumably this signals that…
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January 16, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – The Mess in Mississippi: Pregaming the Feds’ Strategy
The Mess in Mississippi: Pregaming the Feds’ Strategy Dickie’s son, Zach, who’s also indicted in the Lackey situation, has brought in a new lawyer: Todd Graves, who applied for pro hac vice status in the case yesterday. Todd Graves? Name sound familiar? Graves was one of the handful of U.S. attorneys reportedly forced out by…
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January 16, 2008
JJ – Patterson gave $2500 to Judge DeLaughter’s Re-election Campaign
Patterson gave $2500 to Judge DeLaughter’s Re-election Campaign The Mississippi Secretary of State’s website reveals that the following prominent lawyers donated money to Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Bobby Delaughter in his 2006 re-election campaign: Langston & Langston: $400 Steven Patterson: $2,500 Jackson Jambalaya 1/15/8
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January 16, 2008
DJ – Guilty pleas add fuel to Scruggs’ troubles
Guilty pleas add fuel to Scruggs’ troubles Langston’s attorney, Tony Farese of Ashland, described his longtime friend’s fall as “a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.” “This is a loss to the Bar and to society as well,” he told the Daily Journal late Monday. “He accepts full responsibility for his conduct and is assisting the government…
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January 16, 2008
OE – Two Down . . . Three to Go
Two down, three to go. Steven A. Patterson pleaded guilty this morning at the U.S. District Court in Oxford for his role in an attempt to bribe a judge in a case against prominent trial attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. Patterson pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to bribe an elected official, which carries a…
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January 16, 2008
DJ – Patterson enters guilty plea in Miss. judicial bribery case
Patterson enters guilty plea in Miss. judicial bribery case “I never set out to corruptly bribe a judge,” Patterson told the court. “However, I do understand that once I joined it and the cat was out of the bag, I was a coconspirator.” NE MS Daily Journal 1/15/8
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January 16, 2008
FOLO – Rumblings [UPDATED]
Rumblings [UPDATED] I was not able to take the document home. They just let me look at it and write it down. Having to be in another courtroom in 15 minutes, I wrote fast and furious. Some things have been left out. Some things are ineligible in my notes. An AP reporter read the report…
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January 15, 2008
YP – When will Hood refund campaign contributions?
Now that it has come out that former State Auditor Steve Patterson and former Special Assistant Attorneys General Tim Balducci and Joey Langston have pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges, when will our “tough as nails” former DA turned AG Jim Hood refund their campaign contributions? Hood took $100,000 from the Democratic Attorneys’ General Association…
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January 15, 2008
FOLO – Jones, Funderburg v. Scruggs: Judge rules no to arbitration AT THIS TIME
Jones, Funderburg v. Scruggs: Judge rules no to arbitration AT THIS TIME The court ruled that ordinarily, the case would go to arbitration, that the prior actions by the Scruggs defendants (which was ignoring the Jones demands for arbitration) were not sufficient to waive arbitration, but that the Jones motion for sanctions (which argued that…
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January 15, 2008
REDBLUE – Mr. Hood, Here’s a “first come, first served” offer for you
Mr. Hood, Here’s a “first come, first served” offer for you The law gives you and your designees investigative, subpoena and prosecutorial authority to pursue charges arising out of a conspiracy to bribe a judge (Sec’s 7-5-59, 97-1-1 and 97-11-53). The law also imposes on you a duty to do so. You should perform your…
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January 15, 2008
Position created to utilize ex-chief
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/15/8 Early Monday afternoon, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said former Police Chief Shirlene Anderson would remain with the city. She would address truancy issues and dropout rates. By the close of the work day Monday, that had changed. Instead, Melton and Anderson today will discuss details of a new position: coordinator of emergency…
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January 15, 2008
Retired auditor goes to prison
The Sun Herald, 1/15/8 A retired federal auditor has reported to prison to serve time for filing false claims for disaster assistance after Hurricane Katrina. Dominic T. Leperi Jr., who retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in January 2005, claimed he owned a home in Biloxi on applications for federal assistance after the hurricane.…
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Frank Corder
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Susan Marquez
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December 26, 2025
A cure for the post-holiday blues
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Alistair Begg
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December 26, 2025
Dead-end streets
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 25, 2025
Where Christmas comes to life: Mississippi’s growing role in holiday movies
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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