More Trouble For The Trial Bar
February 11, 2009
Trial bar kingpin Dickie Scruggs is back in the news – this time for pleading guilty to trying to bribe another Mississippi judge. The WSJ Law Blog reports:
“[Scruggs] admitted he was involved in a scheme to entice Judge [Bobby] DeLaughter to rule in his favor in an asbestos case by promising he’d be apponted to the federal bench with help from Scruggs’s brother-in-law, former U.S. Senator Trent Lott…
“Neither Trent Lott nor Judge DeLaughter have been charged with wrongdoing, and both have denied wrongdoing.”
The latest guilty plea adds two years to the five year sentence Scruggs is serving.