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Scruggs to be released from prison Dec. 12

Federal prison officials say Richard “Dickie” Scruggs will be released Dec. 12.

Scruggs will be granted a release on $2 million bond while he appeals a 2009 guilty plea that he improperly influenced then Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter. […]

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Miller gets life in 2011 killing of ex-wife

A 37-year-old man charged with capital murder has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-wife, accepting a mandatory life sentence.

Had he been tried for capital murder of 35-year-old Tracy Lynn Thornton Miller, Jason Miller of Summit could have been sentenced to death. […]