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Acknowledgments
A project as ambitious as this book, with its multitude of stories and characters, could only be completed with the generous help of an army of friends. It began several weeks before I retired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office with Anita McGehee, secretary to the U.S. Attorney, and Joan Allen, administrative officer, who led this computer-illiterate dinosaur to the basement where I copied unindexed drawers of large-format docket sheets which held the key facts of my hundreds of old cases. Once I was retired and decided which cases were worth retelling, I turned to district court clerk and former U.S. Marshal David Crews, whose excellent staff, led by Sherryln “Judge” Adams and his secretary Connie Armstrong and several intelligent and diligent deputy clerks, helped me over several months lift dozens of old leather-bound docket books and xerox their oversized pages. What a task it was.
With those records in hand, I turned to chief probation officer Danny McKittrick to retrieve more detailed records. Danny, himself a notorious teller of colorful war stories, furnished many useful insights into his more interesting clients. I turned next to the U.S. Marshal’s Office where their recently retired stalwart, the aptly named Inspector Eddie Rambo, helped me recall the details of our most memorable cases together. The marshals’ partner in running the Oxford Jail, known locally as the Buddy East Hotel, has been for the last forty years the wise and always reliable Buddy East, the only ten-term elected sheriff I know, who was an invaluable resource for details of old cops-and-robbers stories.
In addition to those sources, I added thirty-five bankers boxes of my own files, memos, briefs, affidavits, indictments, and other documents I’d squirreled away, and finally began writing the book. I was ably assisted by the energetic Dawn Jeter, director of operations at the Overby Center at Ole Miss, where I was a writing Fellow. Dawn and her staff did the hard work of typing my first drafts, hand-written on traditional yellow legal pads, which seemed fitting for such old cases. Joining Dawn were my most dedicated helpers of all, the Ole Miss law students who brainstormed, critiqued, and typed multiple drafts. Spencer Ritchie, Stephen Smith, Caleb Ballew, Doug Maines, and Taylor McNeel racked up hours of creative work as researchers, sounding-boards, and fact-checkers. To complete the book, I had the brilliant and wonderfully enthusiastic Caroline Eley, Joanna Frederick, Drew Tominello, and Laci Bonner. These wonderful students made a pleasure of the grueling work of finishing this volume. The personal relationships with these law students, whose only reward for their work was one hour per semester of law school directed study credit, were easily the best part of writing the books. Their attitudes have strongly reinforced my opinion that this new American generation will be one of our finest ever. My gratitude to them is total, as is my gratitude to University Press editor-in-chief Craig Gill, director Leila Salisbury, cover designer Todd Lape, marketing manager and idea man Steve Yates, keen-eyed production editor Shane Gong Stewart, and all my other comrades at the Press, one of America’s finest publishers.
Index
301 Club, 80
60 Minutes, 74
9/11, 319, 331, 336, 337, 346, 347, 349, 364
Aron, Jim Earl, 155–56
Aberdeen, 57, 59, 127, 137, 276, 356
Adams, Felicia, 355
Adams, Jim, 166
Adelman, Roger, 245, 248, 253–54, 256, 259–61
Agnew, Spiro, 13
Aguirre, Bart, 279–80
Ahmed, Hamzah, 353
Alksne, Cynthia, 213–15, 218–20
Alabama, 9, 56
Alcatraz, 209
Alcorn County, 21, 189
Alexander, John Marshall, 229
Alexander, William, 239
Alford plea, 248–49, 261
Alias Program, The (Graham), 290
All Rise: Memoirs of a Mississippi Federal Judge (Keady), 31, 210
Allen, Beverly, 110
Allen instruction, 180
Al-Massein mosque, 340
America’s Most Wanted, 46
Amory, 56, 57
Angola Prison, 209, 285
Aristide, Bertrand, 216
Arkansas, 47, 290, 292
Arnold, Mary Alice, 34–37
Ash, J. M. “Flick,” 201
Ashcroft, John, 350
Ashqar, Abdel, 321–46
Ashqar, Asmaa, 334–35, 338, 339, 340, 342, 343, 346
Associated Press, 232
ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), 132, 187, 190, 269, 352
Athens, Greece, 354, 359
Atkins, John, 343
Atlanta, Georgia, 30, 52, 151, 152, 290
Attala County, 104
Attica Correctional Facility, 209
Avery, Ann, 309, 315
Avery, Leigh, 309, 315
Awad, Adnan “Captain Joe,” 321–54
Awad, Lynn, 354, 362, 366–69
Ayatollah Khomeini, 342
Ayers v. Fordice, 173, 334, 355
Backstrom, Sidney, 171
Baghdad, Iraq, 357, 360
Baker, David, 76, 78, 79
Balance Agriculture with Industry (BAWI), 147
Balducci, Tim, 157–64, 166, 168, 171
Baldwin, Theron (aka Boss Hog), 127–28
Bali, Indonesia, 321
Band-Aid Bandit, 18
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sp; Bandidos, 187, 191–92, 195
Bank of America, 45
Bank of Falkner, 40, 41, 42
Banks, Fred, 295
Banks, Ricky, 227
Barber, George, 182
Barbour, Haley, 168, 183, 220, 352
Barker, Mike, 132–33, 137–38, 141
Barnett, Ross, 32, 208, 343
Barry, Marion, 11–12
Baskin, Bill, 7
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 298
Bazelon, David, 250
Beaver, Mike, 210, 212, 214
Beasley, Bill, 354, 364, 366, 368
Beauchamp, Keith, 223, 226
Beaumont, Texas, 239, 299
Beckwith, Byron De La, 221–22
Beirut, 328
Bell, Dave, 299
Bell, Osborne, 21–22
Bent, Dan, 354
Bentson, Lloyd, 240–41
Bergman, Carl, 14
Betty Davis BBQ, 272
Bible, The, 255
Biden, Joe, 12
Biden, Sara, 166
Big Star, 57
Biggers, Neal, 39, 40, 52, 124, 176, 276, 288
Bill (confidential informant in Larry Floyd case), 212, 213
Bin Laden, Osama, 350
Bingham, Jesse, 149, 238
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 356
Blagojevich, Rod, 344
Blake, P. L., 170
Bloody Bucket Lounge, 238
Blount, Wendell, 155–56
Bogue Phalia, 33
Bolivar County, 227
Bolshoi Ballet, 220
Bolton, Mark, 154
Bonner, Jesse, 36
Bonner, Mark, 337
Booneville, 137
Boy Scouts, 74, 139
Boyer, Peter, 169, 170
Brady v. United States, 261
Bramlett, Steve, 347
Brannigan, Dan, 280, 282, 284–85
Breeland, Urbane, 303, 305
Brethren, The (Grisham), 285
Brewer, Billy “Dog,” 156–57
Bridges, Hallie Gail, 227, 231
Briggs, Jack, 85–86, 90, 93
Bright, Ray, 365
Brink, Frederick, 159
Brinkley, Kenneth, 303–4, 307, 311
Brosnan, Pierce, 175
Brown v. Board of Education, 234
Brumlee, Will, 271
Bruton rule, 248
Bryan, David, 178, 323, 325
Bryan, Dolph, 268, 271
Bryant, Phil, 149
Bryant, Roy, 234
Bryant, Robert “Bear,” 341
Bryant, Roy, 226–27, 229–31, 233–35
Bryant Donham, Carolyn, 227, 228, 230–31, 233
Buchanan, Calvin “Buck,” 355
Buchanan, Paul, 299
Buddy East Hotel, 50
Burger, Warren, 250, 261
Burgess, John, 119
Burglass, Cecil, 93–95
Bush, George H. W., 350
Butler, Snow, O’Mara & Stevens (aka Butler Snow), 152
Butler, Willard, 196–97, 199–200
Byers, Sylvester, 133–35
Byhalia, 350, 351
Byhalia High School, 175
Caesar’s Grand Casino, 65
Calcagno, Rich, 336–40, 343–45
Calder, David, 299
Calhoun County, 154, 156
California, 21
California Rural Legal Assistance, 210
Calvary, Melvis, 21
Camelot, 77, 81, 83, 85, 89
Campbell, Bob, 115–16
Campbell, Macon, 83–84, 95
Canada, 44, 52
Ottawa, 43
Quebec, 6
Vancouver, British Columbia, 46
Canadian Broadcasting Company, 43
Canale, John, 54
Canterbury Tales, 144
Capone, Al, 239, 284
Careers in Crime, 42
Carlton, Frank, 32, 33, 34, 54
Carol’s Thrift Shop, 62
Carpenter, James (aka “Handsome Jimmy” Valentine), 50–51, 52
Carrothers, Sean, 149, 151
Carrothers Construction, 148
Carter, Jimmy, 125
Casablanca, 365
Case, Joan, 217
Caywood, Nixon E. “Nick,” 152
CBS, 228
Champion, Bill, 294
Champion, John, 294–95
Chaney, Bill, 93, 96, 97
Chatham, Gerald, Jr., 84, 111
Chatham, Gerald, Sr., 84
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 143–44
Chicago, Illinois, 39, 69, 145, 221, 225, 232, 269–70, 278, 280, 281, 282, 344–45
Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office, 284
Chickasaw, 272
Chicken House, 130–31
Childers, Woody, 41–42
Childs, Fred, 212
Chiles, Joyce, 223–24, 227, 231–32
Chinese wall, 294–95
Church of Scientology, 246–48, 249, 258–59
Churchill, Winston, 269
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 350
City Grocery, 165
City of New Orleans (train), 207
Civil War, 173, 201, 234
Clarion-Ledger, 120, 154, 232
Clark, Charles, 317
Clarksdale, 20, 112
Clinton, Bill, 214, 215
Clinton, Hillary, 214
Coahoma Bank, 35
Cobb, James, 207
Coghlan, Ken, 167–68
Cohen, Stanley, 339
Cockerham, John Alan, 125, 127
Coleman, Brent, 60
Coleman, J. P., 126–29
Colonel, Horace, 50–51, 52
Colorado, 284, 290
Columbus, 144, 174, 352
Columbus Packet, 352–53
Commercial National Bank, 25, 26
Como, 188
Conspiracy Club (aka Burning Spear), 57, 58
Cool Hand Luke, 33, 207, 208
Cooper, Gary, 325
Corban, C. B., 272
Corban, Randall, 239, 272–73
Corral Club, 272
Coyle, Arlen, 36–37
Craft, Mancy “Man,” 34–37
Craft, Tony (aka Robert Wilson), 34–37
Crayton, Charles, 131–32
Credit Life, 293
Creek Indian Federation, 56
Cresswell, Eph, 105, 240, 241, 252, 261
Crews, David, 52
Cribbs, Loretta, 57
Crockett, James, 120
CSI (Convenience Store Initiative), 352
Cummings, Lanny “Junior,” 202–6
Cummins Prison, 209
Cunningham, Hugh, 98
Daily Mississippian, 22
Daly, John, 72–73
Daly, Sherrie Miller, 72–73
Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell (aka Daniel Coker), 158
Dartmouth College, 40, 49
Davidson, Glen, 229, 280–82, 295, 307–8, 317, 355, 364, 368–70
Davis, Dan, 268
Davis, Jerry, 355
Davis, Les (aka Les Daniels), 81–86, 107
Davis, Mel, 93
Dawson, Tom, 140, 159, 162–65, 168, 214, 215–16, 218, 220, 301, 310, 315, 320, 344, 345–46
Days of Our Lives, 61
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, 249, 250
D.C. Superior Court, 261, 262
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), 72, 352
Dean, Dizzy, 243
Dean, Richard “Rick,” 152
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America, The (Till-Mobley), 225
Debbie (Hamilton informant), 78–79, 86, 88, 90–91, 95
Declaration of Independence, 88
Deedeedar, Aqbar, 24, 27
Dees, Jim, 183
Delaney, Bill, 151, 159, 161, 163–65, 167, 170
DeLaughter, Bobby, 222
Delta, The (Mississippi), 32, 33, 34, 38, 41, 141
, 147, 207, 224, 232, 234, 316, 363
Delta State University, 25
Denman, Gail, 83, 98
Denham, Mark, 136
Denham Springs, Louisiana, 93
Department of Justice, 124, 125, 159, 179, 205, 218, 291–92, 320, 329, 337, 341, 348, 349, 350, 351
Civil Rights Division, 175, 182–83, 185, 203, 212–13, 219, 222, 223, 226, 229, 297
Main Justice, 88, 89, 230, 355
Operations Center, 90
Organized Crime Task Force, 77
Deposit Guaranty, 48
DeSoto County, 71, 75, 77, 78, 87, 89, 92, 101, 104, 107, 108, 115–17, 148–49, 175, 183
DeSoto County Board of Supervisors, 107
Detroit, Michigan, 27, 48
Dial, John, 212, 216–18
Dirty Pool operation, 72
Doddsville, 104–6
Don and Wally Joe’s Chinese Restaurant, 213
Donaldson, Sam, 240
Dotson, Jennifer Leedom, 293, 295
Dowd, John, 88
Doyel, Robert, 309, 312–15, 317–18
Doyle, Allison Hailman, 3
Doyle, Sundown, 280, 281
Duke, Bill, 299
Duke University, 8
Dukes of Hazzard, 41, 127
Dunbar, Jack, 203–4, 281, 299
Duvalier, “Bobby Doc,” 216
Eager, Gary, 285, 286–87
East, Buddy, 49, 51, 71
Eastland, Hiram, 168
Eastland, James O., 104–7, 280
Eastland, Woods, 105
Eastwood, Clint, 341
Edwards, Edwin “Vote for the Crook,” 69
Egypt (Mississippi), 276, 282
El Paso, Texas, 47
El Rukns (aka Blackstone Rangers), 277–79, 281, 283–84
Ellington, Jerry, 71
El-Sarji, Hassan “Sonny,” 322–33
El-Sarji, Megan, 322–33
El-Sarji, Mohamed, 331–32
El-Sarji, Sarah, 322–33
Emerson, Steve, 321, 356
England, 143
Epps, Chris, 214–15, 220
Ervin, Sam, 169–70
Everett, Toni, 176–77
Evers, Charles, 239, 262
Evers, Medgar, 221, 231, 234, 239, 262
Ex Post Facto Clause, 326
Facility Group, The, 151–52
Fain, Harry, 25, 27, 264–67
Falkner, 40, 196
Fall of the House of Zeus (Wilkie), 168–71, 351, 353
Farese, “Big John,” 298
Farese, Steve, 197, 199, 298
Farm Bureau, 147
Faulkner, Bud, 125, 127
Faulkner, Leesha, 353
Faulkner, William, 155, 221, 234