Former Klansman sentenced for 1964 racist murders

[Hepburn]

Washington - A 72-year-old former Ku Klux Klan member was sentenced to three life terms in prison Friday for his role in the murders of two black teenagers in the US Deep South 43 years ago. A federal judge in Jackson, Mississippi, sentenced James Ford Seale for conspiracy and two counts of kidnapping in the abduction and slaying of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, the US Justice Department said.

A grand jury convicted Seale in June after finding that he and other Klansmen conspired to kidnap, beat and murder the two hitchhiking 19-year-olds on May 2, 1964. He is the only suspect to be convicted for the killings.

"For his role in these terrible crimes, James Ford Seale will spend the remainder of his life in prison," US Assistant Attorney General Wan J Kim said.

Evidence at the trial in Jackson showed that gun-toting Klan members picked up the two young men into a Mississippi forest, bound them with duct tape, weighed them down and threw them into the Old Mississippi River, drowning them. Prosecutors charged that Seale pointed a shotgun at the young men.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/97777.html

It is about time some of those old KKK bastards got their just deserts. What a horrible crime and too bad he has not spent the last 40 years in prison for what he did. That is the only regret I see about finally convicting an asshole like this ~~ too bad the life sentence did not start 40 years ago!

[H2O Man]

1. Better late

than never. It is good for the community to have cases like this addressed, even at this late date. Thank you for posting this.

[Hepburn]

3. Heya, H20....

...you are more than welcome for the thread. Like you said...better late than never for this!

RIP Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore.

[BurtWorm]

2. Finally.

:patriot:

[uppityperson]

4. Good.