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Power, Greed, and Hubris: Judicial Bribery in Mississippi

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From 2003 to 2009 sensational judicial bribery scandals rocked Mississippi’s legal system. Famed trial lawyers Paul Minor and Richard (Dickie) Scruggs and renowned pass judgement on and former prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter proved to be the nexus of these scandals. Seven attorneys and a former state auditor were alleged to have attempted to bribe or to have in reality bribed five state judges to rule in favor of Minor and Scruggs in several lawsuits. That is the story of how federal authorities, following up on information provided by a bank examiner and a pass judgement on who could not be bribed, toppled Minor, Scruggs, and their enablers in what was once exposed as probably the most significant legal scandal of twenty-first-century Mississippi.

James R. Crockett details the convoluted schemes that finally put three of the judges, six of the attorneys, and the former auditor in federal prison. All the men involved were successful professionals and three of them, Minor, Scruggs, and fellow attorney Joey Langston, were exceptionally rich. The stories involve power, greed, but most of all hubris. The culprits rationalized abominable choices and illicit actions to influence judicial decisions. The crimes came to light in those six years, but some crimes were committed before that. These men put themselves above the law and produced the very best storm of bribery that ended in disgrace.

The tales Crockett relates about these scandals and the actions of Paul Minor and Richard Scruggs are almost fantastic. Individuals willingly became their minions in power plays designed to distort the very rule of law that most of them had sworn to uphold.

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