Finding James Ford Seale Alive: A Timeline

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:22:25 GMT

Media folks often ask the Jackson Free Press to clarify why the timeline in the original story, "I Want Justice, Too," published in the JFP on July 20, 2005, about Thomas Moore's July 2005 trip to Meadville varies from the "Mississippi Cold Case" documentary released about that trip back to Meadville nearly two years later. The truth is that that documentary muddles the...

Judge Sentences Seale to Three Life Terms

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:35:40 GMT

by Maggie Burks August 24, 2007 Throughout his trial, James Ford Seale appeared in court wearing slacks and a dress shirt. This morning, as he walked in shackles into a U.S. District courtroom in Jackson, he wore an orange Madison County-issued jumpsuit. Neither his siblings nor his children were present. He smiled at his wife, as guards escorted him to his seat next to public defenders Kathy Nester and George Lucas.

BREAKING: James Ford Seale Receives Life in Prison

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:57:18 GMT

A former Klansman, who was thought to be dead until the brother a man he kidnapped and helped kill went to Franklin County with the CBC and the Jackson Free Press and found him living in a trailer, was sentenced to three life sentences this morning on federal kidnapping and conspiracy charges, reported the Associated Press.

Salda�a: A Journey of Bones

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:25:31 GMT

Read JFP acting assistant editor Matt Salda�a's editor's note this week about Charles Moore and Henry Dee's journey from the Ole Mississippi river bed to the James O. Eastland courthouse.

UPDATED: James Ford Seale Guilty On All Counts

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:26:47 GMT

by Matt Saldana June 14, 2007 After approximately two hours of deliberation, the jury in the federal kidnapping and conspiracy trial of James Ford Seale returned a unanimous verdict of guilty on all counts. The jury found Seale guilty of two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy in the abduction and murder of Charles Moore and Henry Dee. "Mississippi spoke today," said Thomas Moore, brother of Charles Moore.

Breaking: Seale Convicted

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:16:00 GMT

From The Associated Press: A federal jury on Thursday convicted reputed Klansman James Ford Seale of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers in southwest Mississippi. Seale, 71, had pleaded not guilty to charges related to the deaths of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee. The 19-year-olds disappeared from Franklin County on May 2,...

Inside the Journey for Justice

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:34:52 GMT

by Natalie Irby June 14, 2007 When I hear the words Roxie Baptist Church I am taken back to July 17, 2005. I find myself sitting at the end of a pew, tape recorder in hand, admiring how the light shone through the stained glass windows on a sweltering day in Mississippi. I look to my left and on the other side of the church sits Thomas Moore, hands folded, pondering the words he is about to deliver to the congregation. I am immersed in the soulful voices of the choir, as I wait...

Day 11: The Defense Rests

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:42:12 GMT

by Matt Salda�a June 13, 2007 At 3:05 p.m. on Wednesday, after calling just four witnesses, the defense in the James Ford Seale federal kidnapping and conspiracy trial rested their case. The prosecution then declined its opportunity to call rebuttal witnesses. Seale, addressed by U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate, declined to take the stand in his own defense.

Day 10: A Final Dagger

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:58:17 GMT

by Matt Salda�a June 12, 2007 Prosecutors in the James Ford Seale federal kidnapping and conspiracy trial rested their case Tuesday, with a final dagger coming from retired FBI Agent Edward Putz. The last government witness, Putz testified about Seale�s infamous statement following his arrest by Mississippi highway patrolmen in Nov. 1964:

Strange Bedfellows: Prosecution Rests In Seale Trial

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:21:14 GMT

by Matt Salda�a June 13, 2007 Prosecutors in the James Ford Seale trial rested their case Tuesday, a case built primarily around the testimony of Seale�s confessed co-conspirator, Charles Marcus Edwards. In addition to Edwards� statement, the prosecution presented corroborating details about Seale�s motive, the Klan�s search for guns on the day of the murder and the nature of Charles Moore and Henry Dee�s drowning. The final dagger, however, came from retired FBI Agent Edward Putz,...

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