Jackson Jambalaya

my my...just where in the hell are these hoards of bottom feeders coming from? So this moron is under house arrest? excuse me for axin, but who picks up the mortgage payment, elec. bill, water bill , car payment etc.? I assume turbo can't go to work? Does he have a job? I bet he is the president of a local bank and lot's of money...

poor fellow; his medical bills must easily run 6 figures, it will take him a very long time to pay them off!

I'm so confused by this whole thing. If they went to Abraham's office and offered to sell him the gun, weren't they tipping him off that someone was going to try to kill him? Why did they then go back to his office, I guess with a separate gun? Or the same gun? These have got to be the dumbest assassins of all time.

Sounds like Lacey is evolving.

ebonics - brings memories of Airplane movie, haha.

color me stupid, but I've got a few questions.

"They charged him with conspiracy to commit murder for the plot to assassinate Abraham and capital murder in the death of Byrd"

charged in murder of Byrd? I thought officers shot Byrd. Did Lacey shoot Byrd?

"Lacy was shot in the back by agents..." shot in the back? So they went to attorney's office, came in, saw the agents and police...did they start shooting at each other or did the 2 badguys turn and run and this one got shot in the back.

Something seems a little off here. Confused

@ 8:53 AM

I'm assuming the murder charge for Smith stems from the allegation that while he was committing a crime - hiring someone to kill Abraham - someone was killed in the commission of the crime. Similar to the law school story about how if 2 robbers are committing a robbery, and 1 robber kills a person, both can be charged with murder. If in the scope of you committing a crime, someone is killed, you can be charged with murder, even if you didn't pull the trigger or plan on killing someone.

Roland Tembo is right. Google "felony murder rule"

So, armed robbers, the lesson is: pick your co-conspirators wisely or you'll be getting the death penalty for their impulsive actions.

Thanks for the explanation. I was a little lost.

so who was the Judge that issued the Home Arrest order for one of the HIT MEN? Ive never, ever heard of someone getting Home detention for a crime like this! Is Haley Barbour moonlighting as an court judge up there?

It is a real shame that helicopter did not get grounded due to weather or to check out a maintenance issue.

Unreal.

11:32

I would imagine it's to keep the medical costs down. While in custody the county would be responsible. Now that he is on OR bond, he (or probably Medicade) will have to pay for medical treatment.

Exactly correct on medical cost, if he was a MDOC his cost would be charged at the medicade rate (House bill #1111) and would be paid by the state, but if he is a County/City prisoneer his cost is retail and paid by the county/City.
Is' always money!

Karen Irby...

Way to go 1:48!!

I wish his stretcher would have "accidentally" rolled off of the top of UMC!!!!!!

Where's those sovereignty commission operatives when you need them?????

KF, maybe you'll get a laugh at this post, because I know no one else is going to see it.....

“... err body who prayed for a nigga ..."

Therr prayers were answered!!!

Another interesting point: Cordarius Robinson, the last suspect to be arrested in this case, is 22 years old and "disabled." Guess you can still get your check if you're a hit man.

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WTF does this have to do with Karen Irby?

Coolest of all is Sheriff Banks' comment...."He's hurt well enough.."

Can't we have a bill that if you are injured during the commission of a felony for which you are convicted, you are responsible for your own medical bills?

Seems this benefits hospitals and doctors at taxpayer expense. I know medicine is now an business rather than a service profession but this is beyond the pale.

PS to those too young to know, but medicine wasn't always about money. Doctors and preachers use to think they had a higher duty than to themselves. They went into their professions to save lives and souls, not to get rich.

11:42 - the house arrest part before trial

6:39: I've got a great idea - why don't YOU write the check to support a 24/7/365 Level I trauma center for the state. Then those greedy doctors wouldn't charge for saving the lives of gunshot victims.

Since you're obviously new to this country (probably from France) we have centuries-old concept here which can be summarized as "Innocent until proven guilty". If you want to let the person just keep bleeding until they are acquited, why don't you just man up and run for office on that platform?

Enough with the class envy and doctor bashing. I don't come down to the the sewage plant and kick the shovel out of your hands, do I?

If you are going to try to sell a gun, why would you wear ski masks and burst through the back door of the person's office to whom the gun is to be sold, shooting the gun that you are attempting to sell? That is the really perplexing question.

I hope the Commonwealth has an article on Lee Abraham coming out. I would pay for internet access for that article since my free week is up now. The other article on Dr. Smith was well written. Greenwood could get hit by a recession on Wednesday. Radiation treatment can only be ordered by a radiation oncologist by law in Mississippi. The current new doctor can fulfill old orders Dr. Smith made, but that's it. That's why they cannot take new patients. Only Greenwood banks would loan for a linear accelerator there. No other banks would take that risk. Dr. Smith owns the Certificate of Need, so the center cannot run without him. Once patients start going to Jackson, Baptist and St. D. Hospitals are going to block an application for another Certificate of Need with a dozen lawyers. It could take years or never happen to get another CON. Trying to recruit another radiation oncologist is going to be nearly impossible, especially after this. Dr. Smith's patients pay for many hospital rooms, pay for imaging services like radiology, give nurses jobs, rent hotel rooms, and eat out. So do his dozen or so high paid employees. Brace yourself, this could to be a fiscal train wreck to our small town.

10:26; Other than learning a few interesting facts from your post, am I to understand you're recommending special dispensation and forgiveness for Smith's illegal activities? Greenwood was a fiscal train wreck decades before smith ran his particular cars off the track.

Maybe... It's roughly $20 million in revenue per year that will be lost to the hospital and cancer center. Something competitors in Jackson would fight hard for. Our modern day cotton gin. The doctor doesn't keep most of that, it pays off loans for the building, machines, office and medical supplies, lots of staff, taxes, insurance, etc. This of course has the trickle down effect to the rest of the city. It could literally bankrupt Greenwood Leflore Hospital, which already runs at a very tight budget.

I'm assuming 12:42 is also 10:26 and is continuing the argument that since Smith's work contributes to the economy of Greenwood he deserves (for the sake of the city) to be let loose to continue priming the economic pump. That's a crazy damned argument. Why don't we just let loose all the drug dealers and cap-poppers since surely whatever they were doing before they got caught was bringing some cash into the hood.

Arnold contributes nothing to the bottom line of Greenwood Leflore Hospital, as he has not had admitting privileges there in who-knows-how-long. Local doctors do not refer to him and he cannot admit patients or even consult on the floor. And the Commonwealth was way off base in suggesting that he has a neurosurgery background; he did a short time in a neuro program before quitting or being booted out (no one seems to know which is the case).

It's a keep your friends close and competitors closer deal. But your right, all the emergency room doctors, radiologists, anesthesia, and hospitalists (Internal medicine doctors) at Greenwood Leflore Hospital should get a pay deduction or be fired, for there are too many of them and they are over paid. At least that might be the case tomorrow.