Representation of Bobby DeLaughter, the former Hinds County, Mississippi, Circuit Judge in a high-profile “honest services” mail fraud case pertaining to alleged judicial misconduct. Judge DeLaughter had previously successfully prosecuted Byron De La Beckwith in the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. All mail fraud and public corruption charges against Judge DeLaughter were dismissed. (2009)
Civil rights hero caught in corruption probe to begin serving sentence
Wayne Drash, CNN, January 4, 2010
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