"And Langston and Balducci and Patterson would be able to see it before any (final version) was filed," Dawson added.
If you don't read the Wall Street Journal you have no idea what is going on. And I'm sure John Grisham won't be telling their stories.
DeLaughter is the guy who put away the notorious Byron De La Beckwith, the Mississippi Klansman who killed civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
They made a movie about it. Alec Baldwin played DeLaughter, James Woods played De La Beckwith and Whoopi Goldberg played the widow Evers
I’ll bet Bobby’s not DeLaughing now!
I'm still trying to figure out how to pronounce his last name. Seems like it could go either of two ways:
"De Laughter" with the 'laughter' pronounced as the English word, phonically spelled as "laf'-ter".
Or would the phonic spelling be more like "lawter", like in Charles Laughton ?
I'm pretty sure it's the latter (Or is it 'later'?), but I can't help but imagine that at least once or twice, someone has mispronounced his name, in his presence, and it indeed did provoke laughter.
Makes one want to go eat a "toh-mah'-toh", or lacking one of those, an old fashioned American "toh-may'-toh".
I guess it depends on whether or not you're dining at John Kerry's house (or that of his local equivalent) or in a normal household.
Trent Lott, Scruggs’ brother in law, did not resign merely to pursue a lobbyist’s income. He resigned because he is up to his eyeballs in the illegal activities of his brother in law and by the time Scruggs pleads to a mere felony or two, Lott will fold and plead to a felony - influence peddling, money laundering or something of that nature. You heard it here, folks. Remember John Mitchell resigned well before the stuff hit the fan - Lott is a stupider John Mitchell.
Alan Dershowitz once said that judges are the weakest link in the administration of justice, and the most protected. Lawyers seem to take all the heat for the nonsense that goes on in court. Judges are just people, and what’s more, they’re just politicians. Because of their extreme positions of power, they should be held to a higher standard than any politician or layman. The checks and balances are askew.
Mississippi ping!