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Judge Confronts 12 Year Sentences For Klan Station Fire
In Smithfield North Carolina a Superior Court judge reflected that his 12 year sentences for five young African Americans may have been a mistake. The fire at the Klan headquarters caused 1000 damage to a service station door. The five defendants Percy Valle Barfield 17 Frederick D Lockamy 18 Leo Stewart Jr 19 Debois Gathers 20 Jesse Jones 21 pleaded guilty amid King assassination tensions.
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Smithfield
N.C
Superior Court
Gsid
Martin Luther
Atlanta
William Y. Bickett
Dale Save Keechat
Percy Valle Barfield
Frederick D. Lockamy
Leo Stewart Jr
Debois Gathers