Federal Judge Doesn't Trust Southern Lawyers

A judge delays sentencing in an environmental case. But not before quoting a Golden Oldie.

Don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer;

Cause the judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hand.

— U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm J. Howard, quoting “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” as sung by that woman from Mama’s Family (seriously, look it up), after criminal company Duke Energy suggested that sentencing might cut off power to the 82nd Airborne Division. In fairness, Judge Howard added, “I don’t think that applies to any of my Southern lawyers’ friends.”

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