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Overview
White supremacist who assassinated NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi on June 12, 1963. Two all-white juries deadlocked in 1964, and he was not convicted until a third trial in 1994, 31 years after the murder. Symbol of how the white supremacist justice system protected killers of Black civil rights leaders.
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Controversies & Concerns
Assassinated Medgar Evers
Two all-white juries failed to convict
Not convicted until 31 years after murder
Openly bragged about killing to white supremacist groups
Related Investigations (1)
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1 documented sources from official records, investigations, and reports
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Key Timeline
1963 Jun 12
Assassinated Medgar Evers
1964
Two mistrials with all-white juries
1994
Finally convicted of murder
2001
Died in prison