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Both Eliot Spitzer and Dickie Scruggs crash and burn in the same week.

Who’d a thunk it?

Oxford lawyer Dickie Scruggs and his law partner Sidney Backstrom entered surprise guilty pleas today in a federal judicial bribery trial that has shaken the Mississippi legal community.

Dickie Scruggs and Backstrom each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to bribe an elected official, which carries a penalty of five years in prison. But prosecutors are recommending a 2 1/2-year sentence for Backstrom. They each would have to pay $250,000 in fines plus court costs, under the recommendation. If the two had been convicted of all counts in the federal indictment, they each would have faced a maximum of 75 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines.

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Filed under: Democrat Corruption, who'd a thunk it Tagged: | dickie scruggs, eliot spitzer, Hillary Clinton, sidney backstrom, Trent Lott