Crime & Justice
Mississippi teen charged with capital murder in alleged hate killing
A 19-year-old Mississippi man was charged with capital murder Tuesday in the death of an African-American man who died after allegedly being beaten by a group of white teens and run over by a truck, authorities said.
A Mississippi teen was charged with capital murder Tuesday in the death of James Craig Anderson who died after allegedly being beaten by a group of white teens and run over by a truck, authorities said.
Mississippi teen charged
Deryl Paul Dedmon, 19, of Brandon, Mississippi was also charged by a grand jury with hate-crime enhancement in the murder of Anderson, said Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith.
The indictment alleges that Dedmon killed Anderson while in the commission of committing felony robbery, Smith said in a statement.
Anderson’s family, however, is asking state and federal officials not to seek the death penalty in the case.
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