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===Jack Favor case===
===Jack Favor case===
In 1967, Sheriff Waggonner and Chief Deputy Dooley were accused of collusion with then Judge [[O. E. Price]] and District Attorney Louis H. Padgett, Jr. (1913-1980), of the 26th Judicial District in Benton to rig the double murder trial of rodeo champion Jack Favor (1911-1988) of [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Favor was falsely accused of shooting to death an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richey, who operated a bait and tackle business near Haughton in south Bossier Parish. Waggonner believed the false testimony of Favor's accuser, Floyd Edward Cumbey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16846793/|title=Legal Blotch|date=January 6, 1982|page=20|publisher=''The Paris (Texas) News''|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref> Favor sued for wrongful conviction and imprisonment but settled for $55,000 (147,000 in 2020 dollars).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19760317&id=jxFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WUMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6270,4230032|title=People in the News: Jack Favor, rodeo star ...|publisher=google.com|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> The Favor case had no impact on Dooley's political viability.
In 1967, Sheriff Waggonner and Chief Deputy Dooley were accused of collusion with then Judge [[O. E. Price]] and District Attorney Louis H. Padgett, Jr. (1913-1980), of the 26th Judicial District in Benton to rig the double murder trial of rodeo champion Jack Favor (1911-1988) of [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Favor was falsely accused of shooting to death an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richey, who operated a bait and tackle business near Haughton in south Bossier Parish. Waggonner believed the false testimony of Favor's accuser, Floyd Edward Cumbey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16846793/|title=Legal Blotch|date=January 6, 1982|page=20|publisher=''The Paris (Texas) News''|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Favor sued for wrongful conviction and imprisonment but settled for $55,000 (147,000 in 2020 dollars).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19760317&id=jxFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WUMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6270,4230032|title=People in the News: Jack Favor, rodeo star ...|publisher=google.com|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> The Favor case had no impact on Dooley's political viability.
===Police brutality case===
===Police brutality case===