1. Paul Minor bribed judges by guarantying loans for them and paying them off.
2. Paul Minor did not violate 18 USC §666, the federal program bribery statute.
As it stands now, Paul Minor’s conviction for bribery as a part of a mail fraud scheme still stands, so he in fact is still convicted of bribing a judge.
After waiting fifteen years and suffering through two successful state supreme court decisions, my second judge, Judge Jerry O. Terry was ruled out of order and kicked off my case for bias. My case was sent back to Harrison County Circuit Court, then assigned to the third judge, John Whitfield. In the interim, I had been educating myself on the law, ethics, and court procedure. Experience had taught me to document everything, including license numbers and letters, and to record phone calls, conversations, and meetings, even those with my own attorneys.Somehow, I don't think Alan Lange or Tom Dawson had anything to do with Minor's treatment of Swan. If Nancy Swan's allegations are true, Paul Minor deserves the punishment he has earned.
My case was finally scheduled to go to trial in February 2000. With less than a week to go, I knew something was wrong. My attorney, Paul Minor, was still not prepared for trial. He had not returned my phone calls, no witnesses had been notified, no exhibits prepared, and no instructions had been given. I was fearful and reminded Mr. Minor that out of courtesy he should call my doctors to schedule their testimony.
Minor revealed he was not planning to take my case to trial because Judge Terry had been bribed twice to delay my case, my case was now too old, and I would never receive any money because of an offset from my prior settlements. From Minor’s list of settlement amounts it was obvious more than $200,000 was missing.
When I demanded an accounting, Minor threatened that if I did not accept his settlement, he would have my case dismissed. I refused to be bullied, reminding Mr. Minor that he had used threats and bully tactics to force me to settle with the other defendants.
The day before my trial was to take place, Judge Whitfield allowed Minor to secretly withdraw from my case without accounting for the missing settlement. Judge Whitfield withheld this information when Minor failed to show for the docket call for my trial, then continued the intimidation by threatening to dismiss my case if I did not accept the settlement.
I responded by filing two judicial complaints against Whitfield. Whitfield immediately announced he was stepping from the bench, but not before he dismissed my case on his last day. He then sealed all court records and personally removed court documents to protect himself and Paul Minor.
Abandoned and betrayed I fell into the abyss of despair.
Bill Minor's most recent column...brings to mind what Germany's former Minister of Propaganda Paul Joseph Goebbels once said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."Rullan then lists and comments on 12 facts before concluding:
Bill wrote, "In his June 30 statement, the MHA's [Sam] Cameron made a point that got no attention: that the existing Medicaid Division 'has yet to demonstrate its ability to plan, project and administer any budget.'" The aspersion cast concerning the capability of this (or any other) Medicaid administration's ability to balance the books is a lie by omission. What's omitted are indisputable facts.
Perhaps the real reason "that we hear no outrage in the Mississippi news media about "[Governor] Barbour's heavy-handed tactics" is Mississippians are finally getting both sides of the story and can see through this columnist's spin.Snap.
Someone should tell Gallo that if he is going to continue to be the GOP cheerleader he should learn to spell the name of one of their possible Congressional candidates. It’s “Nunnelee”, not “Nunnelle”.As noted below, it is a common name to misspell, Minor (named by "Majority in Mississippi" the "Mississippi Democrat party spokesman, emeritus") spelled it "Allen Nunnalee."
Subject: We need Wilbur Jones in the HouseHis name is Wilbert Jones. Ooops.
=LET'S GET BEHIND WILBUR JONES=
Wilbur Jones had a great night last night.
Wilbur Jones is the Democrat.
I'm proud to join with the Democratic leadership of the Mississippi House of Representatives in supporting Wilbur Jones.
Thanks for your support of Wilbur Jones.
Sincerely,
Chairman Jamie Franks
Question: "What does it tell you about Mississippi's ability to
govern itself when the Legislature couldn't craft and fund the 2010 FY budget within its 90-day regular session and now must be called back into special session to prevent a shutdown of state government after June 30?"Minor's answer: "MS is evidently incapable of governing itself."
(Whoa, hold your horses Billy! What a pesky thing that democracy is. We elected these folks, so I'm wondering if Minor's statement is an indictment of the elected or the electorate?)
My answer: Let's not attack the fundamentals of our government; instead, let's attack the lack of leadership apparent on both sides of the spectrum. This means the Republican-led Senate and the Democratic-led House negotiators need to do their job. It's time for some leadership, folks.
Well... Bill... if you're going to use Nunnelee in your story, at least spell his name right:
