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Ex-NFL player going to jail for defrauding investors

JACKSON — Former NFL football player Jeffrey Walker is going to prison for defrauding investors in four states of more than $2 million in what prosecutors say was a land development scheme involving property in China. A federal judge sentenced Walker to 45 months for wire fraud and 36 months for tax evasion. The sentences [...] [...]

Ex-Cochran aide involved with Abramoff kicked out of halfway house

by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012

Tags: aide, federal government, haslfway house, kickback, lobbying, lobbyist, prison, Senator

WASHINGTON — A former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal must spend 15 weekends in jail after getting kicked out of her halfway house for bringing in a steak knife. Ann Copland’s attorney told the judge who sentenced her yesterday that she mistakenly left the knife and a [...] [...]

Attorney: Perjury case could create ‘chaos’ in legal system

by Associated Press Published: December 9,2011

Tags: attorneys, jail, law, lawyers, legal system, perjury, plea, prison, sentencing

JACKSON — A retired Navy captain and doctor who pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving and having cocaine is now charged with perjury in a case that legal observers and even four members of the Mississippi Supreme Court say could set a dangerous legal precedent. Before he pleaded guilty to the charges, prosecutors claim [...] [...]

FBI investigating Southaven mayor Greg Davis

JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. >> SEE MBJ COLUMNIST NANCY ANDERSON’S COLUMN ON DAVIS Southaven Mayor Greg Davis had already [...] [...]

Private Delta prison to shut down next year

by Associated Press Published: November 13,2011

Tags: corrections, courts, incarceration, jail, law enforcement, prison, state government

GREENWOOD — Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said a privately run prison in Leflore County will close in January. Epps said the state and Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America mutually agreed to cease operations. How the decision affects operations of the Leflore County jail at the same site is unclear. “State law requires private [...] [...]

Minor, ex-judges ordered back to prison

by Associated Press Published: June 14,2011

Tags: attorneys, bribery, judges, judiciary, law, lawyers, prison, sentencing

JACKSON — Former Mississippi attorney Paul Minor and two ex-judges have been ordered returned to prison by a federal judge overseeing their corruption case. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate denied requests from Minor and former Harrison County judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield to be re-sentenced to time they have already served in the [...] [...]

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