Sentencing in Hate Crime Trial
It’s a deadly hate crime that’s gaining national attention. Ten white men and women, most from Rankin County are accused of targeting African Americans in Jackson.
Daryl Paul Dedmon, John Aaron Rice and Dylan Wade Butler all went before a federal judge for sentencing in connection to the death of James Craig Anderson.
There were lots of tears on both side of a packed courtroom this afternoon as the family of Anderson came face to face once more with the men responsible for his death
“We are almost there,” says Winton Thompson, the Anderson’s family attorney. He says they’re pleased with Tuesday’s sentencing. Dedmon will spend life in prison in addition to his 50 year sentenced handed down Tuesday afternoon. Rice was sentenced to 18 and a half years in federal prison while butler was sentenced to seven.
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