Ex-Inmate Crusades Against Judge Nominee
Source: By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press (TN), February 21, 2008
A private prison company executive nominated to become a federal judge has run into a determined opponent -- a former inmate. President Bush in June nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, chief lawyer with Corrections Corporation of America, to become a U.S. district judge in Nashville.
...... He formed the group Tennesseans Against Puryear and enlisted the help of the liberal Washington-based Alliance for Justice and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, both of which sent letters opposing the appointment.