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Ghost of Mississippi II = DeLaughter goes to jail !

posted 15 years ago by thoth-ibis-1
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How about this for a sequel? Tell the story how DeLaughter is a scummy crook and chronical his downfall?
The first one was the story of Beckwith's trial the second being of DeLaughter's trial. One has to wonder if Alec Baldwin would be interested in reprising that role? James Woods could be the "ghost" laughing at the whole muddle.
Maybe Rob Reiner could direct this one as well?
No...not likely these Hollywood kinds have egg on their faces and their preachy film now looks rather foolish.

[–] notmtwain 15 years ago

The fact that DeLaughter may have been corrupted as a judge (He didn't plead guilty to corruption. he pled guilty to obstruction of justice.)does not change the fact that Medgar Evers was murdered. The conviction that DeLaughter got put the murderer De La Beckwith behind bars thirty years after his crime.

While what's left of the KKK might be celebrating, the rest of us are safer in a world where a white man can be convicted of murdering a black man.

[–] shanx24 15 years ago

Amen. Thanks for the sane note. The OP was a moron.

[–] marebytes 14 years ago

Yes, the OP is an @ss -- but I just re-watched this movie. I had really liked it and I had seen it a few times before... So I decided to do some research on the real life charactors and was surprised to find that out about DeLaughter.
It doesn't change the good he did in the Evers case.. but it is disheartening.

From Wikepedia:
Bribery allegations-On March 28, 2008, DeLaughter was suspended from the bench indefinitely by the Mississippi Supreme Court due to allegations of bribery and judicial misconduct.

DeLaughter pleaded not guilty on February 12, 2009 to a five-count federal indictment; these charges were linked to the criminal investigation of disgraced tort attorney Richard Scruggs.[4] He later pleaded guilty on July 30, 2009 to one obstruction of justice charge.[5]

Prison Sentence-DeLaughter was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on November 13, 2009 for the obstruction of justice charge he pleaded guilty to on July 30, 2009. The sentence was imposed by Judge Glen Davidson and is in keeping with the recommendation of his plea agreement. Judge Davidson did not impose a financial penalty on DeLaughter due to his negative net worth. He is currently incarcerated in the federal prison at McCreary with a release date of April 23, 2011

[–] Bruce7 8 years ago

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bobby-delaughter-prosecutor-famed-for-convicting-kkk-member-byron-de-la-beckwith-is-going-to-jail/

Can you fly this plane?
Surely u cant be serious
I am serious,and dont call me Shirley

[–] ceebeegee 12 years ago

Huh? How does the film "look foolish"? Beckwith really WAS guilty, really DID Murder Medgar Evers, and DeLaughter really WAS brave to push the case and prosecute it successfully. What happened later doesn't change those basic facts.

[–] MuchToBeGratefulFor 10 years ago

Yeah, it's the OP who looks foolish, not the movie.

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

[–] Moviefan-Two-Kay-Four 9 years ago

What's really foolish about that whole thing, was DeLaughter wasn't even the main guy behind it; that role fell to his boss, Ed Peters. From what I read, Bobby was convinced by Peters to plead guilty on the obstruction charge, since it was believed maintaining full innocence was futile. Bobby complied, spent less than two years in jail, but lost his legal career. He is now a professional writer, of both fiction and nonfiction. I'm currently reading his book about the Evers case, published in 2001. It's titled "Never Too Late".

[–] Bruce7 8 years ago