Wow – the facts lined out in this article are startling. Mississippi courts and politics will never be the same once this is all wrapped up. Only in Mississippi do bribes get talked about in terms like sweet potatoes.

At the Scruggs Law Firm, Southern pleasantries preceded conversations about the business at hand: How a judge should word an order to ensure quick dismissal of a lawsuit filed against multimillionaire litigator Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and his associates, son Zach Scruggs and Sidney Backstrom.The judge, Henry L. Lackey, had been cooperating with investigators since March 2007, when the lawsuit was filed. Shortly afterward, Scruggs associate Timothy R. Balducci paid a call on the judge in Calhoun County to privately discuss the case, a legal taboo.

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