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17 de may. de 2024 · However, an FBI investigation uncovered a suspect, Byron de la Beckwith, an outspoken opponent of integration and a founding member of Mississippi’s White Citizens Council. A gun found 150 feet from the site of the shooting had Beckwith’s fingerprint on it. Several witnesses placed Beckwith in Evers’s neighborhood that night.
17 de may. de 2024 · The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) undertook an investigation of the case and soon came up with a suspect, white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith, whose fingerprints were found on a gun at the murder scene.
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Hace 6 días · Byron de La Beckwith, a white segregationist, was charged with the murder. He was set free in 1964 after two trials resulted in hung juries but was convicted in a third trial held in 1994. Beckwith was given a life sentence, and in 2001 he died in prison.
26 de abr. de 2024 · Segregationist Byron De La Beckwith was initially tried for the murder but was released as a result of hung juries; however, three decades later, in 1994, after being retried a third time, De La Beckwith was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Left a widow with three children, Evers relocated to California.
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3 de may. de 2024 · the world war two veteran, and naacp field secretary was shot and killed in the driveway of his jackson home in 19-63... a member of the ku klux klan, byron de la beckwith, was arrested for evers's murder, but remained free after all-white juries twice deadlocked on his guilt.
17 de may. de 2024 · In 1964, Byron De La Beckwith, a self-confessed member of the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens' Council, was arrested for the assassination of Medgar Evers. After two subsequent trials, the juries (both of which consisted entirely of white males) were deadlocked on a verdict.
Hace 3 días · In June 1963, civil rights activist and NAACP member Medgar Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council. In his trials for murder De La Beckwith evaded conviction via all-White juries (both trials ended with hung juries).
