Posted on 01/06/2009 10:29:07 AM PST by Islander7
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters has given up his license to practice law. Attorney Joey Langston has linked Peters, attorney Dickie Scruggs, and Hinds county judge Bobby Delaughter in a judicial bribery sceme.
According to Langston, Scruggs paid Peters to help influence Delaughter in a dispute over $15-million in legal fees for asbestos litigation. Peters was Delaughter's longtime friend and former boss.
Judge Delaughter eventually ruled in Scruggs ' favor. Peters -- along with Langston and former state auditor Steve Patterson -- pocketed $1-million from Scruggs , according to Langston's plea agreement in the federal investigation.
Langston also claims that the bait in the bribery scheme was a federal judgeship Delaughter was interested in. Senator Trent Lott (who is Scrugg's brother in law) alledgedly submitted Delaughter's name for consideration on Scrugg's behalf. Dealughter never received that judgeship.
Me too...
NOT...
Too bad it wasn’t Jim “Conway” Hood
I’ll be darned! Never thought I’d live long enough to see Peters go down.
There are more Dominoes in this game. Its going to be fun.
It is not over for trent-boy yet.
LLS
This is kinda sad for me to see. I clerked in the Hinds Co. DA’s office my last semester of law school. Bobby was the last guy I would ever have imagined being crooked. Peters, not so much.
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