Friday, June 24, 2005

41 Years Later, Ex-Klansman Gets 60 Years in Civil Rights Deaths - New York Times

[NEWS] Earlier this week a jury in Philadelphia, Mississippi, convicted a former Klansman of manslaughter for the deaths of three civil rights workers in 1964. Yesterday the judge sentenced him to three consecutive 20-year sentences. 41 Years Later, Ex-Klansman Gets 60 Years in Civil Rights Deaths - New York Times

A copy of the indictment is available on Findlaw.

Interested in the historical context of this current case? See

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