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chaotic_nipple ([personal profile] chaotic_nipple) wrote2005-06-21 10:06 pm

The wheels of justice turn slow.

" Ex-KKK Member Convicted in 1964 Killings By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. - An 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman was convicted of manslaughter Tuesday in the slayings of three civil rights workers that shocked the nation exactly 41 years ago and helped spur passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050621/ap_on_re_us/civil_rights_killings_19;_ylt=AmHF8MAcVgiQt2_1jiV5y8oY.Y4v;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

What's that saying, "Better late than never"?
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[personal profile] larksdream 2005-06-21 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I noticed that the article says they're reopening the case of Emmett Till. Apparently there was a movie out about it. I'm pretty sure I could never watch it; just reading the review turns my stomach. :(