Um. Well. I must own that not in a million years would I have expected — or sought — a shout-out from the Alan Keyes camp, but well . . . uh . . . look here or here (same text cross-posted on two sites).
HMMM.
Shelton: Must be my morning for hmmming . . .
February 11th, 2008 @ 8:05 am - by lotus · 29 Comments
Tags: Houston J. Patton, J. Keith Shelton, Jacqueline Pierce, James E. Jennings Jr.
Filed Under: Herald & Examiner
Lotus, I now appreciate reading that whole sordid tale from you without the irrelevant detail of the races of the characters. Isn’t the tale of injustice enough without trying to make racial or political hay out of it?
I certainly thought so, op99. I didn’t learn the main figures’ races until many days into the project, and once I had, I still considered them immaterial.
Abuse is abuse is abuse.
The law is the law is the law.
Now if only the local media would report this. It’s my understanding it takes a little time for a newspaper or TV news to investigate this but this has been out in the public for a week now!
Amen and amen!
I don’t think race has anything to do with it either. Based on Jennings has had to say it was Judge Patton helping ex-judge Bell get out of a big ass jam.
Hi, guys. I’m glad we agree on this one.
Good job lotus….There is something to be said about the information hiway. iratetoday, used your post at MY Sunday Dinnah , and the lawyer with his feet under my table will be asking today if any fellow lawyers “Got their letter from Target”.
HAAAAAAA.
race will only have something to do with it if someone seriously discusses prosecuting Patton. THEN the race card will be played.
Lotus, YGM.
I read the Shelton/Jennings story in depth last week and never did understand Judge Patton’s motivation for wanting Jennings to give up the $35,000 settlement. Was there a relationship with Jennings’s ex wife and the Judge? Any one know?
Kycol…according to Jennings the defendant’s attorney failed to respond to request for admission within 30 days. If you fail to do so they are deemed admitted. For example, Please admit you maliciously filed charges against the Plaintiff…”
It appears Patton was helping out the defendant’s attorney to avoid a malpractice suit. Jennings states former Hinds County Judge Bell was the attorney.
Hi, Kycol. irate beat me to it.
Thank you Iratetoday. I got it now.
While Shelton has received some sort of victory via the MBA Tribunal, what restitution has Mr. Jennings received? Trying to recall from his ealier posts, he is again having to try to rectify through the, gulp, court system?
From what I can gather he has been in talks with the Feds. He was interviewed by Jim Giles (yes, that Jim Giles) and all of this came out. Giles has an audio file of the interview up at his site. I won’t post the site here but you can google “Jim Giles” and you will easily find it.
Morning, MT. I don’t know any specifics, but apparently James and one or more new lawyers of his have something “in the hopper” . . .
Nicely done, irate @ 16 — thank you.
I think I may need to go visit the Hinds County Courthouse this week and see what I can dig up.
Lotus seen Billy Quinn’s article in Clarion Ledger on senate bill 2188…
Hi, mag. Got a linky for us?
Below is the opening line in Rossmiller’s take on Hood’s statements in court last week.
“I read through every single word of the transcript, and it was painful — painful because Jim Hood thoroughly beclowned himself.”
BECLOWN as defined in the Urban Dictionary.
Verb. To make a complete idiot of oneself in public. To behave or speak in such a way, or to make a comment or express an opinion that is so profoundly witless, senseless and obtuse, that you have forever after defined yourself as a person of comical value only. Never to be taken seriously again. Of worth only as an object of ridicule and derision.
http://www.insurancecoverageblog.com/
Have never done that but will give it a try..Its a must see.
Ooof, Kycol 22!
mag 23, all you gotta do is copy the URL in the address field at the top of your screen and drop ‘er in a comment.
I’ll agree that race didn’t play a role. However…think what would have happened if the races were inverted or reversed. Rev Al and Jesse Jackson could not have gotten to town fast enough with their , “Rent A Riot” show! I’ll also bet it would not have taken almost a decade!
jailforpatton@gmail.com
I don’t think so, Jennings. Look at last night’s post about the two (black) guys from Chickasaw County who have spent almost two decades in Parchman, one on death row, for a crime they didn’t commit. As bad as your deal was, their’s was worse.
They got convicted on totally bogus fraudulent junk science– bite mark evidence.
“bite mark evidence” is an oxymoron.
Just read through this story that Kingfish posted on his site… I’ve gotta tell you that I think if I read more more thing about the sad, sorry state of the legal system in my beloved Mississippi, I’m going to break down and cry. I cannot believe that this goes on. I simply cannot.
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2008/02/berry-v-aetna-rankin-county-cesspool.html
I really have nothing to say about the lack of coverage from the local media except I really wish someone had of held that dog for Gov Kirk F.