Posted on 08/04/2008 10:13:28 AM PDT by SmithL
Ashland, Ky. (AP) -- Anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has reported to a federal prison in eastern Kentucky. . . .for conspiring to bribe a judge with $50,000.
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Have fun in prison, “Dickie”.
Little Dickie got 5 years in a Kentucky prison because he offered $50,000 to settle a $26,500,000 Hurricane Katrina case? What a cheapskate, no wonder he’s serving hard time!
It occurs to me that grown men with nicknames like “Dickie” should take extra special precautions to make sure they never end up in prison. They should “stay smart”.
This guy does not strike me as being very smart. Did he graduate from “Hollywood Upstairs School of Law”, or what?
Yeah.
If he’d been willing to come off some REAL “cake”, he’d be srutting in high cotton right now.
More proof that “law talking guys” shouldn’t mess with Judges.
Back in the 1920’s a number of prominent Prohibitionists turned out to be scalawags and spent some considerable time in the crossbar hotel.
Being the Hero of “The Insider” should count for something!(sarc)
$50,000? Tack on 5 years for contempt of court.
His mistake was not adding another zero. < /s >
Wonder if they will do “The Insider II. Life behind Bars as a Beeyatch”
As Huey Long used to say “ When I buy somebody, I want him to stay bought”
Nanny State PING to a “couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy” article!!!!
Thanks for the ping!
Well, it could have been Glantz. ;)
Too bad, dickie. The Houston katriniacs are having reruns on the hurricane trough feeding. You’re missing out.
I don't know which law school he attended however, I think he was a partner in the law firm of Dewey, Dickum and Howe.
Don’t drop the soap, Dickie!!! BBbbbWWwwAAAaaHHhhAAaa!!! I only wish Blanzaf (sp?) and Glantz were joining your ass.
Lawyers like this deserve what they get. I’m glad I work for/with good defense attorneys. I hope he enjoys his prison stay, and may he serve his full sentence.
Here is what LAW.com says about Richard Scruggs, Esq.:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1204804005480
Education: Scruggs was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon as an undergraduate at the University of Mississippi. He also attended law school at the University of Mississippi, where he was classmates with Mike Moore, a close friend who later became the Attorney General of Mississippi.
Tobacco litigation: In the 1990s, Scruggs was hired by Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore (his law school friend) to assist with a lawsuit against thirteen tobacco companies. Settlement of the state’s case against the tobacco companies was for $248 billion. His performance in this case was portrayed by actor Colm Feore in the movie The Insider. Scruggs himself, as well as his second home in Pascagoula, Mississippi, also appeared in the film.
I couldn’t believe my eyes on the drive home today, Ghost. A young guy actually had the Ohio Nazi no smoking sign placed on the inside of the rear passenger seat window of his vehicle. LOL. When you think you’ve seen it all, ...
YES!
Wa-Hoo! :)
Sad, he’ll probably be sold into bitchood for a carton of Lucky’s.
One down, 400,000 +/- to go.
These people are Sickening.
He’s probably making sure everyone knows the squealer number.
Schadenfreude.
:)
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