2 ex-judges, lawyer back to prison in Miss scheme

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Tue Jun-14-11 01:37 AM
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2 ex-judges, lawyer back to prison in Miss scheme

Source: Salon

Two ex-judges and an attorney from Mississippi must return to federal prison for their convictions in a loan scheme.

A federal appeals court had vacated their bribery convictions but upheld the guilty verdicts on corruption charges. So they needed to be resentenced.

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate denied requests by Paul Minor and former Harrison County judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield to be re-sentenced to time they have already served.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2011/06/13/D9NRAR983_us_judicial_bribery_mississippi/index.html

Mississippi Scheme/Ya know what I mean...

Actually, I prefer the song. :(

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