By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com 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,…
Bobby DeLaughter was a hero and did great things as a prosecutor. Will this erase his legacy? By Jerry Mitchell Jackson Clarion Ledger ABERDEEN, Miss. – He wore the suit of an acclaimed prosecutor before donning the robe of a well-respected judge. Now Bobby DeLaughter expects to wear the uniform of a prison inmate. Hours…
A reputation as a legend, years of public service, all tainted by criminal charges. By ADAM NOSSITER New York Times As a young prosecutor in the early 1990s, Bobby DeLaughter was a hero to the civil rights community, a white Mississippian who gambled with his future by pursuing an old race crime that many in…
