James R Crockett: 3 books
Power, Greed, and Hubris
Judicial Bribery in Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
From 2003 to 2009 sensational judicial bribery scandals rocked Mississippi's legal system. Famed trial lawyers Paul Minor and Richard (Dickie) Scruggs and renowned judge and former prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter proved to be the nexus of these scandals. Seven attorneys and a former state auditor were...
Hands in the Till
Embezzlement of Public Monies in Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
In 2004 Corporate Crime Reporter asserted that Mississippi was the most crooked state in America. By comparing the number of federal corruption convictions over the past decade and the 2002 population of the state, the conclusion was inescapable. Too many officials were robbing the public they had...
Operation Pretense
The FBI's Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2003
During the 1980s fifty-seven of Mississippi's 410 county supervisors from twenty-six of the state's eighty-two counties were charged with corruption. The FBI's ploy to catch the criminals was code-named Operation Pretense. Ingenious undercover investigation exposed the supervisors' wide-scaled...