Comments on: Shelton: more cause for Hinds County chagrin

By: MSlawyer

MSlawyer — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:45:35 +0000

James, afotl, I knew Ruma, too. What a lovely person she was. I still miss her.

By: a friend of the law

a friend of the law — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:17:22 +0000

James, thank you for speaking up on behalf of Ruma, and for confirming my belief about her character. And in doing so, revealing a lot about your good character as well.

I don’t think we have ever personally met, but I sincerely hope that the wrongs against you get rectified to the extent possible at this point. Some justice late, is better than no justice at all, I suppose.

Good luck to you and God bless.

By: somslawyer

somslawyer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:15:54 +0000

As for Shelton’s only being suspended, not disbarred: I would submit that a 10 year suspension is worse than being disbarred. A disbarred lawyer can seek reinstatement after only three years. Of course, that doesn’t consider when the Supreme Court will rule on the petition.

By: iratetoday

iratetoday — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:58:03 +0000

Thanks. I had the info wrong!!!!! Hope things are going well for you regarding all of this.

By: James Jennings

James Jennings — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:54:21 +0000

Irate, I don’t have a guilty plea attached to my name. I didn’t do anything wrong and I refused to plea.

“A friend of the law”, concerning your post…I will state that Ruma Haque and I had more than one meeting over the “Patton affair” and she was as disgusted by it as you are. She also believed every word of it. She took her personal time with me to try to assist me in righting what she considered a horrible injustice. I have nothing but fond memory of her.She was a kind and decent person and a credit to her profession. Judge Henley was as well. Both were an asset to the judicial system of Mississippi. I remember getting a long, sincere hug from Ruma leaving Hal & Mal’s one evening and her parting words were, “Have faith, sooner or later, the truth WILL come out. ”
She was right.. RIP.

As for the Clarion Ledger, I’m sure those with puppy dogs to train or bird cages find appropriate use for it.

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Agreed, afotl — according to everything I’ve heard about Ruma Haque, I envy y’all who had the pleasure of her company.

The others have had an awful long time to make a clean breast of it (some needing MUCH more cleaning than others), though, and not a one has.

By: iratetoday

iratetoday — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:31:45 +0000

I imagine the Board probably thought that Jennings was someone with a beef against Patton that had no merit to it.

By: a friend of the law

a friend of the law — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:19:45 +0000

I went to law school with Ruma and knew her to be a very capable, smart, and high character person. I doubt seriously that she would have condoned, or approved in any way what occurred to these gentlemen, especially had she been aware then of all the real underlying circumstances known by the DA’s office, and by us now due to recent revelations of shenanigins. Such details about this matter would not be known by the atty for the Board of Supervisors as part of her normal job functions. And, unfortunately, Ruma is no longer able to defend herself in this mess, as she passed away several years ago.

I don’t think anyone is intending to disparage a dead person’s character here, but just in case someone reads this the wrong way, and has any desire to go in that direction. I would like to head such off before it even starts.

By: iratetoday

iratetoday — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:49:04 +0000

My mistake, suspended!

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:43:52 +0000

irate, Shelton’s law license got suspended in an illegitimate way, but he’s never been disbarred — otherwise . . .

YEAH, WHAT YOU SAID!