Good News

I'm delighted to report that Cory Maye's lawyer, Bob Evans, knocked off the incumbent in a runoff election, and won himself a seat in the Mississippi State Legislature.

Couldn't have happened to a better guy. Mississippi politics (and politics generally) needs more stand-up people like Evans.

My October 2006 reason piece on Cory Maye here.

Comments

Russ 2000 | August 29, 2007, 12:09pm | #

So Bob Evans is now part of the sausage factory.

lunchstealer | August 29, 2007, 12:21pm | #

Well, that is good news. I was hoping that this would be actual good news about Mr. Maye's own troubles.

Fred | August 29, 2007, 12:25pm | #

I was hoping that this would be actual good news about Mr. Maye's own troubles.

Mr. Maye shot a cop, he got what he deserved, the circumstances are irrelevant.

highnumber | August 29, 2007, 12:43pm | #

Hi, Mr Juanita!

Warren | August 29, 2007, 12:50pm | #

HA, sausage factory

Delightful! | August 29, 2007, 12:50pm | #

Cory profiteers 2, Cory 0.

Radley Balko | August 29, 2007, 1:08pm | #

I find the above comment pretty offensive.

The state legislature is a part-time gig. It's hardly "profiteering." Evans was fired as public defender because he refused to cave in to threats from the town of Prentiss that he stop representing Cory in his appeal. He's been working on Cory's case pro-bono.


Not sure who you're implying the other "profiteer" is, but if the implication is that it's me, I haven't made a dime off of Cory's case, save for the fee I got for writing the article for Reason.

ktc2 | August 29, 2007, 1:19pm | #

Sadly, in our twisted legal (sure ain't justice) system shooting a cop is more and more often the RIGHT response at the time.

Warren | August 29, 2007, 1:22pm | #

Yeah that's about the most offensive comment I've seen. Even by troll standards that's too far.

tarran | August 29, 2007, 1:50pm | #

I'd also like to point out that thanks to those "profiteers," government officials are not actively conspiring to poison Cory Maye anymore.