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Three white Mississippi men sentenced for hate crimes
Source: Reuters
Three white Mississippi men sentenced for hate crimes
BY THERESE APEL
JACKSON, Miss. Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:42pm EST
(Reuters) - Three white men who pleaded guilty in Mississippi to hate crimes that included a black man's death were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to between seven and 50 years in prison.
The three defendants included Deryl Dedmon, 22, who was driving the truck that ran over James Craig Anderson, killing him in a hotel parking lot in 2011.
A total of 10 people have been convicted in connection with the string of racially motivated attacks that sparked outrage in a state that has struggled to overcome a long history of racism.
"The defendants targeted African-American people they perceived as vulnerable for heinous and violent assaults," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. "These sentences bring a fitting end to the case against these three men."
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BY THERESE APEL
JACKSON, Miss. Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:42pm EST
(Reuters) - Three white men who pleaded guilty in Mississippi to hate crimes that included a black man's death were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to between seven and 50 years in prison.
The three defendants included Deryl Dedmon, 22, who was driving the truck that ran over James Craig Anderson, killing him in a hotel parking lot in 2011.
A total of 10 people have been convicted in connection with the string of racially motivated attacks that sparked outrage in a state that has struggled to overcome a long history of racism.
"The defendants targeted African-American people they perceived as vulnerable for heinous and violent assaults," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. "These sentences bring a fitting end to the case against these three men."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/10/us-usa-mississippi-hatecrime-idUSKBN0LE2S320150210
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