Ex-Hinds County, Miss. Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter who made history as a prosecutor in the 1990s, is headed off to jail for lying to an FBI agent during a judicial corruption probe, the Associated Press reported.
U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson in Aberdeen, Miss. sentenced him to 18 months in prison, the news agency reported.
DeLaughter found fame in the 1990s as an assistant district attorney after he helped convict Byron de la Beckwith in for the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, which became the subject of a Hollywood movie.To read more click here.