Manslaughter is better than acquittal, I suppose...

[ceebeegee]

...but the hateful, racist fuck should've been thrown to the wolves, and I don't care how old he is since he apparently hasn't learned his lesson.

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[mollyx.livejournal.com]

Come on, girl.
Did you really think he would?
Any remorse, any change of heart (using the term loosely)?
They don't change. And they certainly don't feel sorry.

For a case that's 40 years old, the conviction - though it gave me about two seconds of vindication - is weak and far too late.
That's what makes me the angriest about all of this. He's spent the past 40 years free as a bird, with nothing but his hatred eating away at him. There is no guilt, as far as he's concerned and the state of Mississippi backed him up on that.

I especially loved the testimony of the former mayor of the town. That the Klan seemed to him a "peaceful organization" and he was presonally unaware of it's bloody past.

I will repeat that.
He has lived in Mississippi, for some time, at least.
I'd imagine that would be required for one who runs for mayor.
And he was personally unaware of the Klan's violent history.

There's that throbbing vein again.