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Recio hires Cynthia Stewart

September 5th, 2008 @ 6:02 pm - by lotus · 6 Comments

Filed Under: Herald & Examiner

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1. ccvz says:

   September 5, 2008 at 7:04 pm

   Does anyone else smell hints of a deal?
2. magnolia says:

   September 5, 2008 at 7:53 pm

   ccvz// Is this the same Courthouse that has lost Delaughter?
3. Ben Cole says:

   September 6, 2008 at 1:02 am

   Is this important to anyone? I know nothing about Frank Melton’s problems, other than his being prosecuted for civil rights violations involving a crack house. You don’t hear many North Mississippi conversations involving Jackson’s woes. Since Ole Miss and state college quit playing football games in Jackson, the capital city doesn’t get much discussion up here. Is there something here we need to stay abreast of?
4. Habeas says:

   September 6, 2008 at 8:40 am

   Ben Cole @ 3. Important? Only if you value the Fourth Amendment guarantee of freedom from unreasonable searches, and oppose egregiously unlawful eviction from your home by armed thugs carrying police badges and semi-automatic weapons, and the destruction of your home by self-righteous public official premised on a personal whim. Reading your previous posts, it appears that you spent a significant portion of your life protecting those values as a naval officer.
5. Ben Cole says:

   September 6, 2008 at 9:26 am

   Oh … thanks, Habe. I just figgered it was bidness as usual … another day at the capitol petting zoo. I will pay more attention.
6. Habeas says:

   September 6, 2008 at 11:10 am

   ccvz@1. Very likely a deal is in the works — and he who wins the race to the U.S. Attorney’s office gets the best deal. The case against Melton and his henchmen is rock solid as a violation of 18 U.S.C. 241, 242. The bill of goods sold to the state jury will not be allowed in federal court. Melton’s claim in state court that he did not act “maliciously” since his motive was “good” was unadulterated poppycock. “Malice” is a legal term of art that does not imply ill will or bad motive. It is descriptive of a state of mind whereby a person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct that violates the law. It matters not whether the person thinks his conduct is not unlawful. At bottom, Melton’s claim in the state proceeding was that his ignorance of the law should have excused his unlawful conduct. I was amazed that the state prosecutor and the judge let his lawyers get away with that claim. You can bet the farm that the feds won’t lay down for it. Indeed, this may have been one of the major considerations for the feds having decided to intervene despite the state acquittal.