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Odessa American in Odessa, Texas

07 Dec 1983

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Odessa American

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Odessa, Texas, United States of America

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Dec 07, 1983

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3

KKK trial unfolds over 1981 Mobile murder of Michael Donald

In Mobile a capital murder trial outlines how two Ku Klux Klansmen beat and killed 19 year old Michael Donald over racial hatred. Henry Hays and James Knowles face charges with Knowles already pleading guilty to civil rights violations. Prosecution cites a trunked body, a tree hanging, and a $1 robbery claim.

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Mobile Ala Tom Harrison Henry Francis Hays Michael Donald FBI Hays James Llewellyn Tiger’ Knowles Knowles M.A. Marsal Alabama Donald Harrison Marsal
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Death sentence bias linked to victim race in homicide cases

Stanford researchers analyzed FBI data from 17 000 homicide cases across eight states. They found a clear pattern of discrimination favoring white victims, with murderers of white victims more likely to receive death sentences, regardless of the killer’s race.

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Stanford Calif Stanford University Stanford Law School Samuel Gross Gross Robert Mauro FBI United States U.S. Supreme Court Georgia Florida Illinois Oklahoma North Carolina Mississippi Arkansas Virginia Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc New York
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KKK By Loretta Nofflinger Associated Press Cree Jcpenney Seiko Citizen Pulsar Penneys Permian Mall 42Nd & Tanglewood
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