Justice Arrives Once More

This should serve as a warning to all those racist
that committed unspeakable crimes during the
civil rights era that unless death over take you,
you will be held accountable for your actions.
Check out the article below and comment on this
turn of events that took 43 years to transpire.


After 43 years, Thomas Moore can tell his brother that his killer has been brought to justice.
''I'm going to go to that cemetery, that Mount Olive Cemetery,'' he said. ''I'm going to tell Charles Moore, "I told you that I see it to the end.''

The end came Thursday with the conviction of reputed Klansman James Ford Seale on federal charges of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of Charles Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee. Seale faces life in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 24.

The 19-year-olds disappeared from Franklin County on May 2, 1964, and their bodies were found later in the Mississippi River.
Thomas Moore, 63, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was instrumental in getting authorities to take another look at the case. He has not lived in Mississippi since he entered the Army in 1964, weeks before his brother disappeared.

''I now feel that Mississippi is my home,'' said Moore, a Vietnam veteran who spent 30 years in the military. ''Mississippi, you came a long way and I'm so proud the jury spoke.''
Seale, 71, sat stone-faced in court as the verdict was read and showed no emotion as marshals led him away. Jurors reached the verdict after two hours of deliberations.
Several relatives of the victims dabbed tears from their eyes. Among them was Thelma Collins of Springfield, La., Dee's older sister.

''I thank the Lord that we got justice,'' she said outside the courthouse.
After the verdict, a half dozen of Seale's relatives, including his wife, ran out of the courthouse to a waiting sport utility vehicle, bumping some reporters in the scramble.
''Obviously, we're very disappointed in the jury's verdict and we certainly plan to appeal,'' public defender Kathy Nester said.

The prosecution's star witness was Charles Marcus Edwards, a confessed Klansman. During closing arguments Thursday, prosecutors acknowledged they made ''a deal with the devil'' but said that offering immunity to Edwards to get his testimony against Seale was the only way to get justice.





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