Meridian Star - Definitive book of Dickie Scruggs out soon
Definitive book of Dickie Scruggs out soon
by Brian Livingston
Lange and Dawson conducted extensive research with more than 200 external reference citations to more than 100 different sources documenting the story. Lead author Lange stated, “So much of this story has been reported on in bits and pieces in the media. By putting all of the sources in one place for public review along with the narrative, we allow the readers to decide the truth on this complex story for themselves.”
Lange and Dawson’s research and the vast majority of the book itself is gleaned from published media reports, court documents and interviews from many of the key players. Lange is a businessman from Jackson, and runs the widely acclaimed political Web site, http://www.yallpolitics.com, which focuses on politics and law in Mississippi. Dawson, from Oxford, is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who retired from his position in early January 2009. His highly decorated career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Associate Independent Counsel with the Department of Justice spanned more than three decades and he served under seven presidents. As lead prosecutor on the Scruggs case, Dawson had a bird’s eye view of the largest judicial bribery scandal in Mississippi history.
The book also chronicles the legal bribery story of Scruggs confidante and tobacco lawsuit partner Paul Minor, son of Mississippi political columnist Bill Minor. He was convicted, along with the two judges he improperly influenced, and is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence. Minor is currently fighting his conviction on appeal from prison through his attorney Abbe Lowell, who defended former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial.
If you thought back road deals were a thing of the long ago past then “Kings of Tort” will show you how only recently there was a group of attorneys and judges who were spinning vast webs of under-the-table agreements for their financial gains.
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