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Posted By Neophile 1 year, 4 months ago in NewsPaul Minor, a Mississippi trial lawyer famous for taking on big tobacco in the 1990s and now imprisoned on what many consider to be questionable corruption charges, has been denied in his motion for an appeal bond to visit his dying wife.
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jordan111 year, 4 months ago
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tlbaker11 year, 4 months ago
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Read the entire article instead of commenting on the clips then you might understand his appeals aren't done and why the judge denied his request. He violated his terms while on house arrest so why would this be any different. His wife can still visit him....
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eparksp1 year, 4 months ago
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I didn't see any where in the article where it says that the wife was convicted of ANY thing. Is she asking to see him? Is she even lucid? If either answer is "yes" he needs to be able to see her. As for him being a threat to the community, why can't a police officer take him to her bedside and STAY outside the door so he can't get away? I've seen prisoners being accompanied to funerals. So, why not while the person is still alive and can have some peace from seeing the person?
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kenzisgramma1 year, 4 months ago
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In response to Blainegarrett. I know a man who was escorted to his mothers funeral while serving 20 yrs for drug selling. So, yes, you can
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go to funerals as long as an armed officer is with you. This man did
not even have handcuffs. He was an honor prisoner. I know him as he
lived in my town and except for the drugs he was a good person.
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cCheryl1 year, 4 months ago
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I really feel for both the man and his wife... more so for her as I am sure she is really needing his support while in the last days of her life. Given that his crime is "white collar" in nature and not a violent one, he should be taken to see her... Not so much for him, but for her. She didn't do anything wrong, but yet the judge will be really punishing her more than him. She needs him... More compassion is needed for non-violent criminals. Violent ones need no compassion.
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UnusualSuspect1 year, 4 months ago
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"In their brief, the Justice Department did not contend that Minor was drinking when he met with the hurricane expert, only that the restaurant served alcohol. They argue that his 11-year sentence for bribery gives more credence to their assertion that he is a danger to the community because he could relapse."
So...why not let him se his wife with guards outside her hospital door? What's wrong with that?
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Rollando1 year, 4 months ago
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That should not be a problem. Somebody close to his dying wife and the prison where her husband is incarcerated both can either set up a PC or a MAC with cameras. They can communicate via the computer. He would not need to leave the prison. Or, set up a VRS (Video Relay System) it works like a visual phone system the deaf communities uses when they communicate in sign language. The VRS can either be hooked up to a TV or a computer.
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betterworld1 year, 4 months ago
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You can do a lot with a PC are a Mac, but you can't feel the warmth of a touch from the one you love with that kind of connection. She needs more and to be frank so does he. The night my husband died we were in the middle of transporting him to another hospital where he had at least 1% chance of making it, I had been at his side all day telling I loved him, but the last moment the moment he needed me most I was a car on my way to a 1% chance. I cannot forgive myself for that and have wondererd how he felt not hearing my voice telling him in the last moments I love you goodbye!
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lmb5161 year, 4 months ago
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Your husband knows you love him. Your husband is only a blink of an eye away....on the other side, waiting for his lovely bride. He is watching you now, feeling your pain because he couldn't bear to die in your presence. This is the way most people prefer to move on. So live your life. He is at your side hoping you find happiness until you see each other again. Stay well. Life is short but eternity is forever. Peace.
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raelener1 year, 4 months ago
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Stupid. A danger to the community. LOL. 1. He voliated probation regardless of the excuse. 2. He is not on death row, but he is liable for the time of his conviction. 3. Why do we have judges? Is it to uphold the laws as Justice herself is blind.. to THINK and REASON? Or do we have the Judges because Justice is blindfolded and needs a HUMAN to access each situation based on the merits of the evidence? HA HA HA... This individual is not a flight risk and he is not a danger to our community. Heck we have mental patients unsupervised, unmedicated, and unattended roaming our streets!
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Lets ask the real question: Is it within the power of the Judge to grant this visitation? If so, then stating the reason is "...danger to community..." is lame. If its because allowing inmates to visit dying wifes/mothers/etc..is out of the NORM, then just state the real reason JUDGE. (No special treatment or would granting a visit be an unpopular action in which you would answer politically?) WHATEVER the reason - it certainly is NOT the one given. -
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betterworld1 year, 4 months ago
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I agree with most of the post that she has done nothing wrong and deserves this and should be allowed to say good-bye. This world really has its values mixed up. We work on behalf of murders, rapist, drug dealers and child abusers to get them a deal to lower bails, and back on the streets, but someone who has committed a crime to not physically harm anyone can't see his dying wife not for his sake but hers.
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Scorpio271 year, 4 months ago
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How can you be so cold? The woman is dying of cancer. She didn't just stub her toe! She needs her husband at her side, holding her hand, in her final days and hours. Threat to society my eye! I have often felt that the term "compassionate conservative" is an oxymoron. Anyone who believes that compassionate conservatives actually exist is just a plain old moron.
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urkiddinmee1 year, 4 months ago
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To "Scotty5720" - You feel "soory for the wife" and you're calling WHOM an illiterate? Are you a racist? Judge Wingate is a black man who rose above his poor beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become a US District Judge. What the hell have YOU done with YOUR life? (Besides WHINE, I mean.)
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urkiddinmee1 year, 4 months ago
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Does it interest any of you who have attempted to crucify Judge Henry Wingate for his decision to know that he is a Black Mississippian who rose from poverty to the US District Court?
Minor is a crook of the highest order who helped two other Judges go to the pen for accepting his bribes. It's sad that his wife is dying but it happens all the time for other inmates of the big house. More than one of them has decided to "hit the trail" while attending family funerals.
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fotog991 year, 4 months ago
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I'm a conservative. VERY conservative. I've always felt "you do the crime, you do the time," BUT, there is ALWAYS room for error, and there always is a need for flexability.
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Something really doesn't seem right here.
I read and reread the article and warning flags are down on about every play! First, the article states that he took on the tobacco companies in the 1990's. Then the article states very clearly that he is in jail on QUESTIONABLE charges.
NOWHERE in this article did I see ANY reason for him not to have the ability to be with his wife !
Ok; so at ONE time he was in violation of bail bond; ONCE. Yet, the decision reads that he had an "extensive" record of violating his conditions. This is ridiculous! Fine, the man was found drunk one time; he was ESCORTED out of the place by security guards; no where did it say he fought, or that he created trouble of any kind. He also successfully completed an inpatient rehab! Yet the court finds him a "danger" to society? My baby's teddy bear is more of a danger! The courts say that he could "relapse".........relapse HOW? By going after more tobacco companies that have the judges on their payroll? Sounds to me as if corruption runs rampant in this county! Maybe Mr. Minor knew too much, or else he was taking away the lively hood of some judge who was growing tobacco. Maybe the fact that Mrs. Minor has cancer shook up the court system, for they feel that he is going to blame the tobacco companies for her cancer!
This entire case sounds skewed to me. It's just not right at all! I'm married to a doctor, and I know that the stress this is causing Mrs. Minor can spread her cancer faster, and make her suffer, physically, to a much greater extent. I see NO reason why this man can't be with his wife; for both his peace of mind and hers! I honestly feel that his rights are being violated here. Yes, I read the full findings of the court, and, to be honest, I would have taken an Archie comic book more seriously!
Like I said, I'm a conservative; I'm also not a big fan of lawyers, but let's be honest and not judge this man. It's a white collar crime, IF a crime WAS committed; there was no injury, no death, no one suffering, except his wife! As it is, I truly question this entire case after going online and reading it!
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mtheranchgirl1 year, 4 months ago
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For Gods Sake let the woman have her man with her, to hold her, to love her, to kiss her good-bye. ,,,, how many judges and others who have the power to judge have a ******** or lots more after they decide a man's fate,,he should be allowed to be with her,,,,GOD WILL SEE US ALL IN THE END,,,maybe this man accused has gone through enough .....he may not be allowed back into a power state of life but he does have a right to his wife at the present time,,,we all make mistakes and most of us pay for them when we look in the mirror,,,think about it ,,let him be with his wife,,i will pray for all of you that try to control our lives and are just as guilty as the next guy, but didn't get caught,,,there are too many death crimes,violent crimes that should have capital punishment and all they get is prison time that us hard working people have to support,,,maybe if those crime demons new that they would get death as soon as convicted they would not tend to comit such a crime,, just like the old days,
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onewells11 year, 4 months ago
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I sympathize that the wife has done nothing wrong and should not be punished. I empathize that the husband would like to see and be seen by his dying wife. However, what makes crimes by lawyers/attorneys so hideous is that they are sworn to uphold the laws of the land no matter how mundane or ignorant they may seem to the rest of of us. Imagine a world where the attorneys, judges, prosecutors only upheld the laws according to their own emotions.
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clydequeen10581 year, 4 months ago
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This is the most outrageous story I've ever encountered. A District Attorney is keeping an imprisioned man from seeing his dying wife! "And, the charges, (White Collar Crimes at that), are not clear."
That fits right in with another District Attorney we all read about, trying to charge four young college men on a phony rape charge. That particular Attorney has been charged with the crime of withholding evidence in that case.
The District Attorney keeping a man from seeing his dying wife should be throughly investigated, and I'm confident there's more to this story than what meets the eye. Both the DA and the Judge involved should be investigated. I hope to hell the man who is not permitted to see his dying wife sues the living hell out of both of them.
If the man is in custody of law enforcement, how in the world can he be a threat to the community? Something does not smell right here, or else the whole story is not being told.
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lbinki1 year, 4 months ago
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How sad is that? A man in prison for a non violent crime to begin with isnt allowed an hour with his wife on her death bed...Who the heck is the judge that made that decision...to punish the wife...what good does that do? Harmful to the poor dying woman. The decision is criminal!
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cguess1 year, 4 months ago
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“The district court previously found that Minor presented a danger to the community based on his alcohol abuse,” they {the Justice Department}wrote. They don't even argue that Mr. Minor drank alcohol on the occasion when he sat in a restaurant in violation of his probation. It seems apparent that their refusal to allow Mr. Minor to visit his dying wife is pure and simple retaliation in its meanest form and has little, if anything, to do with protecting the public. Even his initial conviction on bribery charges fails to convey any danger to the public. COME ON!!!!!
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dmkjeepin1 year, 4 months ago
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This is a joke right? Deny a man to see his dying wife??????????? Like the guy is a drug dealer, and most of them get off with a slap on the wrist. I guess since he is somewhat famous, they have to teach him a lesson. This is a joke.......Our great legal system at work.
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mzmickey1 year, 4 months ago
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Let the woman see her husband. I agree with some of the other comments, there have been inmates taken to funerals with shackles, this man is not dangerous. He is paying his dues in prison and will never be able to make up the time away from his wife after she passes. She has done nothing, why should she pay in her last hours?
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