Omaha Adult Entertainment: Lawyer Turns Snitch in (Extremely) Bizarre Nebraska Case
By Ashby Jones
Now this story might not have it all. But it comes close.
The litany: Drugs, alleged prostitution, a fallen lawyer, murder threats, jailhouse snitches and one huge legal ethics question.
It’s all playing out in, of all places, Omaha, Nebraska. The backstory: About three weeks ago, the Omaha World-Herald reported a riveting story involving an Omaha lawyer down on his luck who ultimately agreed to wear a wire for the U.S. attorney’s office in Nebraska. The lawyer, Terry Haddock, then taped incriminating statements made a local inmate, the alleged ringleader of a huge marijuana conspiracy.
You read that right. A lawyer agreed to wear a wire and record statements made by an inmate. Defense lawyers are now, not surprisingly, moving to suppress the evidence.
The inmate, Shannon Williams, has said that he hired Haddock because Haddock told him he had studied the disparities in sentences for dealing crack cocaine vs. powder cocaine.
See the full article from “Wall Street Journal (blog)”
Filed by kingofomaha at January 26th, 2010 under Omaha adult entertainment