Comments on: Langston question: Why did this guideline out at 27?

By: NMC

NMC — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:52:43 +0000

3rd:

1) I’ve heard it said from a reliable source that he does not find prison pleasing. 2) I’m told no. 3) Not that I’ve heard. With another case out there I’d doubt it. 4) surely not, although there was a joke about him being paged to the pay phone when Ole Miss was having to give David Nutt a raise 5) Hey, I’d let his comments through to the list. 6) No. Read again what Dawson said. 7-end) phew that’s a lotta names.

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:42:54 +0000

How’s Dickie doing these days? Is he in some kind of rehab in prison? Granting interiews? Does he have Internet access? Would he be willing, now that it’s all over, to post here? It is all over, isn’t it? And Lott? What about Lott? And Nutt? And Wyatt? And Sparky? What about Ma Lobrano? Cori? Kerri? The Trailers?

By: NMC

NMC — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:26:34 +0000

but what’s a life income stream of 160-165 worth?

By: NMC

NMC — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:26:17 +0000

160 or 165,000

By: Delta Fred

Delta Fred — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:05:44 +0000

What is the salary for a federal judge? Could that amount be used to determine the bump?

By: NMC

NMC — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:36:08 +0000

It was suggested to me off-blog that Joey Langston may have received an increase for being a leader or organizer of a group doing a crime. If he was and the group was over five folks, he gets an increase of 4; if he was only a manager not a leader, he gets an increase of 3.

I think it’s clearer from the comments that Scruggs was the leader here, but may be wrong.

But if Joey is a leader, and gets an increase of 4 or that, then we only have to explain dollars needed to increase the count 8 points, which means $70-120,000 (and makes no sense to me. How would you arrive at that number?). I’m still going with my initial speculation but would love the views of others.

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:34:46 +0000

Here's Jerry Mitchell's report, which, via the mention of Joey's health problems, gives me a thought. If he gets sick while in prison, Joey could very well end up in my MO hometown, which has a big medical center for federal prisoners. There's at least one other, in Chillicothe, OH, I believe, but Springfield might be the handier. Interesting factoid: Because it happened on November 22, 1963, most people never heard that Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz, died at Springfield Federal Medical Center. (More recently, so did the Teflon Don, John Gotti.)

By: Habeas

Habeas — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:24:06 +0000

How do you value a U.S. Senator’s promise of being considered for appointment to the federal bench when the nomination never materializes? I agree with NMC that the government and the court had a more tangible measure because of the $3M divided up by Langston and his [still alleged] co-conspirators. That seems to fall within the category of “value received” by those offering the bribe — but not as a direct result of DeLaughter’s decision in the fee case, but as the value of the services of Langston et al. as perceived by the direct beneficiary of the decision — Mr Scruggs. Could it be that the government was a bit uncertain as to the way this benefit should have been calcualted and so opted for a lower $ figure to which Langston would not have been in a position to dispute?
Would it have anything to do with the uncertainty as to whether DeLaughter’s decision was legally correct (as he maintains it was)?
I have questions but no answers.

By: ccvz

ccvz — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:06:49 +0000

I have no idea if you’ve nailed it or not but I like the way you got there.