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Scrushy attorney invokes MLK Jr. Gray tells jury that the late civil rights leader would want a verdict of not guilty Friday, June 16, 2006 By EDDIE CURRAN Staff Reporter MONTGOMERY -- Jurors now deliberating the fate of former Gov. Don Siegelman, ex-HealthSouth Corp. Chairman Richard Scrushy and two others can "make Dr. (Martin Luther) King's dream come true by returning a verdict of not guilty" against Scrushy, famed civil rights lawyer Fred Gray said here Thursday. Gray's rousing closing argument opened with a Psalm, then segued into a recitation of some of Gray's best known civil rights cases, including...

Scrushy sues Paul Finebaum, Birmingham newspaper Former HealthSouth boss and wife say they have been defamed Thursday, December 22, 2005 By EDDIE CURRAN Staff Reporter Former HealthSouth Corp. Chairman Richard Scrushy is seeking millions of dollars in damages in a pair of lawsuits that accuse the Birmingham News and Alabama radio personality and sports columnist Paul Finebaum of defaming him. Both lawsuits include claims that Finebaum and the News libeled him with coverage or comments suggesting that Scrushy joined a black church for legal, not spiritual, reasons. In September, Scrushy's wife, Leslie, joined her husband as a plaintiff in the...