Killer Klansman’s conviction overturned

This is a sad day….

This in via CNN.com:

A federal appeals court overturned the kidnapping conviction of a reputed Klansman in connection with the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers in Mississippi. James Ford Seale, a former sheriff’s deputy, was convicted in June 2007 of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the disappearances of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, both 19. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Court Appeals sided with Seale’s claim that he should have never been tried in connection with the teens’ deaths because a five-year statute of limitations on kidnapping-related offenses had expired. “The more than 40-year delay clearly exceeded the limitations period,” Judge Harold DeVoss wrote in the panel’s ruling. “While we are mindful of the seriousness of the crimes at issue, we cannot abdicate our duty to faithfully apply a valid limitations period.”

I just wonder, if those judges were Democrats or Republicans? That man belongs in jail for his crimes. In this case, I think Al Sharpton should be called in.

I know, that there are times on this blog, when I bitch to high heaven about race baiting, but this is not going to be one of them times. What this guy and his cohorts did back in 1964, was truly racism, to the point of committing a crime.

I can only imagine what Eddie Moore’s brother is going through, he is the one that did the leg work to get his Brother’s killer charged, it was filled in a documentary, that was filmed by the CBC, it was rebroadcast on MSNBC. I watched that, and I can honestly tell you all, I had a different understanding of what the African-American community went through in the south.

Let me just say this too, any damned Republican or Conservative, that scoffs at this and says this man did not deserve to go to jail, Well, I doubt whether you have a damn soul or not. That is, this man was a cold blooded killer and belonged in jail. I will also tell you to watch that documentary and look at the pain in the man’s eyes, as he tries to get justice for his Brother…..and then tell me, that this pitiful excuse for human being, does not belong in jail. 😡

My prayers go out to the Moore and Dee Families. May God’s justice prevail. I hope the justice Dept appeals this ruling.

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