The Daily Mississippian – October 30, 2012

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One year later, a legacy lives on Exactly one year since the tragic car accident that took the lives of three Ole Miss students, a lantern release in remembrance of the students will take place for the campus that remains affected by their legacy.

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DICKIE SCRUGGS ASKS FOR PRISON RELEASE

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Oxford attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who is currently in prison for attempting to bribe a judge in Calhoun City, is asking to be released from prison while his second judicial bribery conviction is being appealed. Scruggs, 66, is LEFT TO RIGHT: Mason Wilbanks, Walker Kelly and Sam Clayton Kelly,

BY ADAM GANUCHEAU thedmnews@gmail.com

A lantern release tonight at 8:15 p.m. will allow University of Mississippi students to pay respects to and remember three students who were killed one year ago today, showing that the boys’ legacy at Ole Miss has not faded.

On Oct. 30, 2011, Sam Clayton Kelly, Walker Kelly and Mason Wilbanks were killed in a one-vehicle accident on their way back to Oxford after surprising their families with a weekend trip home to Madison. Anyone who knew the students or who would like to honor them is invited to the

due to be released from his first sentence on Nov. 6 and is serving a five-year sentence for the attempted bribery. Scruggs has not begun serving his second conviction and wants to be released until the appeal of that conviction is heard.

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intramural fields at 8:15 p.m. to honor the boys and the legacy they left at the university. Shelby Moore, freshman occupational therapy major and girlfriend of Walker Kelly, created the event. “This lantern release is See LEGACY, PAGE 4

‘Ghosts of Ole Miss’ premieres tonight on ESPN “Ghosts of Ole Miss,” a “30 for 30” documentary written by ESPN.com writer and Oxford resident Wright Thompson and directed by Fritz Mitchell, premieres tonight at 8 p.m./7 CT on ESPN. The film examines the 1962 undefeated Ole Miss football team and the integration of the university.

hurricane sandy MAKES LANDFALL COURTESY AP | Bebeto Matthews

Hurricane Sandy made landfall last night and is predicted to affect about 60 million people along the East Coast and Northeast, ranging from North Carolina to Maine. According to meteorologists, the storm is unprecedented because of the combination of a cold front and tropical

storm. Some major cities, including New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, are taking major precautions, including evacuations and flood planning. Sandy is expected to bring tropical storm-force winds, major flooding and snowstorms over the next few days.

faulker Estate suing sony, washington post and northrop grumman

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The Peabody Award-winning ESPN documentary series “30 for 30” continues with tonight’s episode, “Ghost of Ole Miss.” The narrative, based on the long-format story by ESPN.com writer and Oxford resident Wright Thompson, who wrote and narrated the 1-hour documentary, explores the interSee 30 FOR 30, PAGE 9 26496

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‘Ghosts of Ole Miss’ writer and narrator Wright Thompson.

William Faulkner’s estate is suing Sony Pictures Classics for misquoting Faulkner in Woody Allen’s 2011 film, “Midnight in Paris.” In the movie, actor Owen Wilson slightly misquoted Faulkner’s “Requiem for a

Nun.” The estate is also suing The Washington Post Co., and Northrop Grumman Corp., a defense contractor, for using a Faulkner quote in a newspaper advertisement. The lawsuit was filed last Friday in Jackson.


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