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John Louis Blalack gets maximum prison term in rundown death of black man

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(AP) A final pair of sentencings Thursday was supposed to wrap up the long-running federal prosecution into a group of young white men and women whose repeated assaults on African-Americans in Mississippi’s capital city ended […]

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2 men plead guilty to hate crimes in Mississippi racial beatings

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A group of young white men and women who killed a black man in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2011 had periodically roamed the city that spring, attacking African Americans at random, and […]

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Mississippi racial beatings: Hearing set for 2 suspects to change pleas to guilty

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled for two men charged in a series of 2011 racial beatings that culminated in the death of a Jackson man. Court documents show hearings for John […]

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1 of 4 suspects in Mississippi racial beating exploring plea deal

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — At least one of the four people indicted in a series of racial beating of blacks is in talks with prosecutors about pleading guilty. Tom Fortner, the lawyer for Sarah Adeila […]

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4 more indicted on hate crime charges in 2011 attacks on blacks in Mississippi

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Four more people have been indicted in what prosecutors say were a series of racially motivated attacks on blacks in Mississippi. John Louis Blalack, 20, of Brandon; Sarah Adelia Graves, 21, […]

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