Bobby DeLaughter, a former Mississippi prosecutor and judge whose legal conquests became the subject of books and a movie, reported to federal prison Monday for lying to the FBI in a judicial bribery investigation.The next chapter of DeLaughter's life, as inmate No. 12930-042, marks a long fall from the height of his legal career in 1994 when he was a prosecutor who helped convict a civil rights-era assassin for the 30-year-old murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evers.
The 55-year-old DeLaughter reported to a federal prison camp in Pine Knot, Ky., before his 2 p.m. deadline, said Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce.
The prison has a medium-security facility and minimum-security camp, though Ponce said she did not know how DeLaughter would be classified. All inmates in the federal system must work if they are physically able, with jobs ranging from cooks to groundskeepers, she said.
Prisoners make from 12 cents to 40 cents an hour depending on the job and their experience.
DeLaughter was sentenced to 18 months in November after pleading guilty to lying about secret conversations he had with a lawyer while presiding over a dispute between wealthy attorneys over legal fees. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped conspiracy and mail fraud charges.
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Disgraced Miss. Judge Reports to Federal Prison
Good. Glad to see another bad one off the bench.
ReplyDeleteJudges should be just as accountable for breaking the law as every citizen.
ReplyDelete18 months is just about right. And it gives him time to write a book. We all know he'll be doing that!
ReplyDeletebye - bye he is a disgrace to the judges who do not engage in shadey or illegal activities
ReplyDeleteAre there any honest judges out there or are there mostly corrupt judges who haven't been caught yet?
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