Will A Bodyguard Plead?

Sho You Wright is certainly going to cut a deal. He was scared almost crapless the last time. Frank and the "Big White Dude" are going to fight for a while until the fat lady walked to the micrphone. Once it's clear there is no way out, Recio may then finally look out for self.

The fat lady has bought a new dress, got her hair "did" and shown up for a couple of practices. She's surely prepared to perform this time unless Frank nem stops the show.

I think it is really interesting!? A lot of people/posters over at Clarionledger.com think he(Melton) will get off and that the federal government doesn't have a strong case!? But I always thought when the Feds indict you, that is pretty much a wrap!? Go figure!?

I worked in a very busy criminal lawyer's office for 2 years and every case we had with the feds was rap but one. We even represented the family claimed to be the biggest criminals (drug dealers) the city had ever seen. All of them as well as their foot soldiers and interstate runners plead guilty. The government had a busload of evidence on each that not a single lawyer of some 20 or so could refute or destroy.

The feds have very smart lawyers usually and the FBI and US Marshalls aren't a bunch of dummies. They make few mistakes that comes back to bite them in the rump. Of the 2 federal case I personally defended against, in the first one, I got an acquittal due to an officer with the JPD screwing up the investigation of the case before the feds got involved, and the second one ended in a very good plea due to my client coming forth and telling the truth. I clearly would have lost the second one. Both clients were quilty but neither went to jail and one walked completely free. I was told by the lawyers to record this in the book of memories. And some of the US marshalls shook my hand and told me that I walked the water on the first case, but don't expect to keep repeating it.

However, Frank is not a mere human. He has whupped everybody who has taken him on thus far, and he has thretened to represent himself this time. I bet those feds are shaking in their drawers.

But if Frank can keep his bodyguards on his side and have his grand and peerless mentorship in the community override the snitch inclinations of bystanders and witnesses from testifying to anything he said and did, he still might escape.

So you are saying that it is 50/50 or are you saying 75/25 in favor of the feds or 75/25 in favor of Frank!? I really want to see him and his croonies get it in the tailpipe on this one!

Frank doesn't have a chance and he knows it. I simply want to show him some love by pretending he could pull it off.

I think it is really interesting!? A lot of people/posters over at Clarionledger.com think he(Melton) will get off and that the federal government doesn't have a strong case!? But I always thought when the Feds indict you, that is pretty much a wrap!? Go figure!?

Local public opinion not withstanding, the conventional wisdom is that the Feds don’t generally issue an indictment unless they believe they have a clear case based on a substantial amount evidence.

Also doesn't help that they have near limitless amounts of time and cash to mount a prosecution which most private citizens can’t afford to counter.

Still, it does bear reminding that an indictment does not equal conviction. But those of us who want a better, Melton-free Jackson can hope.

I get the feeling that one or both bodyguards will turn on Frank and testify against him. Anything to save their skin, though I'd probably do the same thing if I faced jail time.

I don't know how much any of you ever posted on clarionledger.com, so some of you may be familiar with some of my entries over there and some of you may not! But I can not stand that guy! With him common sense goes out the window and unconventional wisdom seems to be the standard for his supporters, many of whom are black, and it is embarrasing to me to see the city I have come to love - have this do-nothing-er run it in to the ground and treat it as some part-time hobby with real peoples tax dollars going to waste on his last minute and abrupt statutes - just ticks me off! I am glad I have been coming and visting for a while!

I post over there often, baquan, under a different handle. Not as much lately. I'm familiar with your posts.

OK, this is weird. Right now on The Clarion-Ledger site, Chris Joyner is reporting: "New trial date set for Melton, bodyguards".

Do they really not know that this news is six days old?!? Adam reported it almost a week ago. (See story above.)

I'm sorry, The Clarion-Ledger is useless as a newspaper.

Selective enforcement of the law by U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton doesn't stop with Republicans. If he has a friend or acquaintance (even if they are a Democrat) it seems he won’t pursue a case against them. I guess what’s so troublesome here is that it took the Justice Department (DOJ) over a year to investigate and indict ole’ Frank and his boys on charges of civil rights violations, which in my opinion are serious enough, but Dunn Lampton apparently refused to prosecute more serious cases against this nefarious trio. What I’m talking about is the seemingly forgotten incidents wherein Frank, Reccio and Wright all violated federal law, on numerous occasions, by carrying firearms on planes when they weren’t qualified to do so. Frank falsified and presented various false documents indicating that he was a bona fide law enforcement officer (LEO) and all three of them falsified official records that they’d had the appropriate TSA training in order to fly armed, even if Reccio and Wright had a valid need to fly armed. TSA’s only apparent reaction to their unlawful conduct was to issue a “letter” telling Frank to stop flying with his guns – ARE YOU FRIGGIN’ KIDDING ME? A stupid letter? We don’t need “no stinkin’ letter?” We need justice!

There are people all over our country who are being arrested and/or receiving substantial civil penalties by TSA for engaging in lesser offenses. We know that Frank flew out of Jackson at least six times while he was armed, posing as an LEO and once for by-passing TSA screening operations. When Frank flew out of Jackson while armed it stands to reason that he flew back to Jackson armed. Each time that he did so he committed 4-6 felony crimes and Wright and Reccio committed at least 1-2 offenses (certifying that they’d received the LEO flying armed training). Multiply that times six and you have a potential of 24-36 federal violations by Frank and 12-24 violations for each member of his goon squad, occurring in various jurisdictions. This doesn’t take into account numerous potential civil violations of TSA regulations that should have resulted in monetary fines. In Frank’s case the civil penalties could have easily exceed $200,000. Why haven’t Frank and his crew been fined by TSA and or criminally charged by the TSA or the FBI for these offenses? I believe TSA has its own agenda, but the FBI is hampered by the U.S. Attorney. Dunn Lampton is admittedly friends with Frank and if Lampton doesn’t want a case to be presented to a federal grand jury, then it won’t happen. Frankly (no pun intended), TSA doesn’t want to be embarrassed by the fact that senior TSA officials in Jackson, MS engaged in a conspiracy to violate federal regulations. This was done to facilitate Frank with his firearm fetish after Frank pitched a little temper tantrum at the Jackson airport in July 2005 (right after he was elected mayor) when he was denied the opportunity to carry his guns on an airplane by TSA (can’t you just visualize this little fit by Frank). These TSA officials, some of whom have more than a casual acquaintance with Frank, hatched a scheme wherein Frank would use his bogus badge, along with a “bogus letter,” signed by Police Chief Sherlene Anderson, that would permit the little guy to fly with his guns – knowing full-well that Frank wasn’t an LEO and that he wasn’t in compliance with other federal regulations governing LEOs flying armed. TSA internal affairs, the US Department of Homeland Security Inspector General and Congressman Bennie Thompson have all been made infinitely aware of these facts and yet no one has been held accountable. Why our local print media has failed to adequately investigate this, even after being provided with ample evidence, is beyond my comprehension. I hope the JFP with use this post as a springboard to really do some investigative reporting and spur a public demand that Frank, his cronies and TSA officials, must be held accountable if justice is to be served.