Scruggs pleads guilty to conspiring to bribe judge
Richard ``Dickie'' Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge -- a crime that will almost surely send him to prison and perhaps spell the end of his storied legal career.
A US Army Space and Missile Defense Command engineer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accepting bribes for influencing contracts and to evade tax payment on the bribery income, US Attorney Joyce White Vance announced.