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Former State Sen. Irb Benjamin of Madison, foreground, leads his attorney Joe Hollomon, to the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., for sentencing after having pleaded guilty to paying bribes for prison contracts to former state Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, Friday, March 3, 2017. Benjamin faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, right, and his attorney John Colette, walk to the federal courthouse for a hearing in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 9, 2016. The hearing is on evidence of how much the bribes taken by Epps cost Mississippi's taxpayers. That determination, in turn, will influence how long Epps spends in prison for money laundering and filing false tax returns related to $1.4 million in bribes prosecutors say he took. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Epps again painted as aggressor in Mississippi bribery case

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