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Old September 23rd, 2008 #1
Peer Fischer
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Thumbs down Feds want rehearing of reputed Klansman's acquittal

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Feds ask rehearing of reputed Klansman's acquittal

JACKSON, Miss. – Prosecutors asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to reconsider the acquittal of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman who was serving a life sentence for the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964.

James Ford Seale, 73, was convicted in June 2007 on kidnapping and conspiracy charges related to the abduction of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee.

Prosecutors say the Klan beat and killed the teens over rumors that black residents were arming themselves for an uprising during the violent struggle for racial equality.

Seale had served just over a year of his three life sentences when his conviction was overturned Sept. 9. A panel of three 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled the statute of limitations for kidnapping had expired in the decades between the abductions and Seale's arrest.

The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division filed two petitions Tuesday, one asking the panel to rehear the matter and the other seeking a hearing before the full appeals court, said agency spokesman Scot Montrey.

In a highly technical legal argument, the Justice Department claims the panel overlooked an important court precedent and erroneously applied a statute of limitation. Seale's attorneys disagreed.

The government has already asked that Seale remain behind bars until the appeals are resolved.

His attorneys say the recent acquittal left him with a clean criminal record and his failing health — he has been treated for cancer and other problems — warrants immediate release. A judge has not yet ruled on that issue.

Authorities in Mississippi are trying to determine if there's enough evidence to charge Seale with murder if his acquittal is upheld in the federal case. There's no statute of limitations on state murder charges.

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/2008...ld_case_appeal
 
Old September 23rd, 2008 #2
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Whenever a proWhite individual finds himself in the jew's courts, we always see legal prosecution turn into unjust persecution.

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Old September 23rd, 2008 #3
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That or file appeal after appeal and drag things out so long that he dies in jail.

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Old September 23rd, 2008 #4
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Whenever a proWhite individual finds himself in the jew's courts, we always see legal prosecution turn into unjust persecution.

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The FBI need to go ahead and change their letters to NKVD.
 
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