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Like Scruggs, Langston gets maximum sentence

OXFORD, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Apparently Michael Mills, the chief U.S. judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, has decided that patience and mercy have limits when it comes to admitted felon Joey Langston. Before him Tuesday stood Langston, ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  16 Dec 2008

Related Topics: Trent Lott,  U.S. Senate,  MCI,  William Roberts (politician)

Junior Scruggs' tongue to blame for prison sentence

OXFORD, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Jesus said, "I tell you that every unprofitable saying that men speak, they will render an account concerning it on judgment day. For by your words you will be declared righteous, and by your words you will be condemned. ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  3 Jul 2008

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Trent Lott

Backstrom's remorse an issue at sentencing

6/27/2008 by Victoria Johnson Hoggatt OXFORD, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Told how repentant former Scruggs Law Firm attorney and admitted felon Sidney Backstrom is, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers couldn't help but make a simple observation. "Well, ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  27 Jun 2008

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Former AG's name comes up during Lackey testimony

4/17/2008 by Victoria Johnson Hoggatt OXFORD, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Not one, but two Mississippi attorneys general, seem inextricably linked to famed fallen tort attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs. When former Attorney General Mike ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  17 Apr 2008

Related Topics: Mike Moore,  John Jones,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Russell Crowe

Former business partners bear the sins of Scruggs

4/16/2008 by Victoria Johnson Hoggatt OXFORD, Miss. - Used to be every trial lawyer in Mississippi, indeed America, seemed to want to claim professional kin with Richard "Dickie" Scruggs. Now the association appears to be the kiss of ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  16 Apr 2008

Related Topics: John Jones,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  State Farm Insurance

Scruggs surrenders, admits to conspiracy to bribe judge

3/14/2008 by Victoria Johnson Hoggatt OXFORD, Miss. - One of the most powerful plaintiffs attorneys in the country has admitted to trying to grease the wheels of justice. Richard "Dickie" Scruggs pleaded guilty Friday to attempting to bribe a state ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  14 Mar 2008

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Due process of law butts heads with free press in Scruggs case

3/3/2008 by Victoria Johnson Hoggatt OXFORD, Miss. - Legal superstar-turned-criminal defendant Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has a constitutional right to a fair trial with an impartial jury. Mississippi's public has a right to know, and ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  3 Mar 2008

Related Topics: John Grisham

Forecast gloomy for rainmaker Scruggs

2/21/2008 by Victoria Johnson Hoggatt OXFORD, Miss. - With overcast skies outside, the prospects of legal superstar-turned-criminal-defendant Richard "Dickie" Scruggs did not appear too sunny either inside a federal courthouse Wednesday. ...

From VICTORIA JOHNSON HOGGATT, Legal NewsLine,  21 Feb 2008

Related Topics: Trent Lott,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Robert Wilson,  U.S. Senate

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