Monday, April 13, 2015

MISSISSIPPI: 2 WHITE WOMEN SENTENCED TO PRISON IN HATE KILLING OF BLACK MAN

2 White Women Sentenced to Prison in Hate Killing of Black Man

    
In Mississippi, two young white women have been sentenced to prison for their role in the 2011 murder of an African-American man. Shelbie Brooke Richards and Sarah Adelia Graves admitted to recruiting fellow teenagers to travel around the Mississippi capital of Jackson looking for black people to assault. Both were in a pickup truck when the driver mowed down James Craig Anderson, killing him. Richards admitted she yelled a racial slur and encouraged the driver to beat Anderson and run him over. The driver was previously sentenced to 50 years in prison, and five other white men received lesser terms. On Thursday, Richards was sentenced to eight years and Graves to five years.

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