James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentencedFriday to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction andmurder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.
Seale, 72, was convicted on federal charges of kidnapping andconspiracy in the deaths of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry HezekiahDee, two 19-year-olds who disappeared from Franklin County on May 2,1964.
The judge told Seale the crimes committed 43 years ago were"horrific," and "justice itself is ageless."
Federal public defender Kathy Nester filed a notice of appeal."Mr. Seale maintains his innocence to this crime," Nester said.
During the hearing, relatives talked about how the …
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