getmischMedgar Evers would have turned 100 this week, & it got me thinking about his killer. He got away w/ murder, two trials w/ hung (all-white) juries in '64. Then in '75 he was found guilty of conspiracy to murder, this time a Jew.
But it was the new trial in '94 (appeals court said it could go forward, despite 30 years passing) that finally convicted him. His last years, age 71 to 80, were spent in prison.
#white #supremacist #KKK #Klan #murderer #civil #rights #fascist #USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_De_La_Beckwith
But it was the new trial in '94 (appeals court said it could go forward, despite 30 years passing) that finally convicted him. His last years, age 71 to 80, were spent in prison.
#white #supremacist #KKK #Klan #murderer #civil #rights #fascist #USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_De_La_Beckwith
