Monday, November 21, 2016

In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer

In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
Doesn't fit the narrative. "Sessions's actual track record certainly doesn't suggest he's a racist. Quite the opposite, in fact. As a U.S. Attorney he filed several cases to desegregate schools in Alabama. And he also prosecuted Klansman Henry Francis Hays, son of Alabama Klan leader Bennie Hays, for abducting and killing Michael Donald, a black teenager selected at random. Sessions insisted on the death penalty for Hays. When he was later elected the state Attorney General, Sessions followed through and made sure Hays was executed. The successful prosecution of Hays also led to a $7 million civil judgment against the Klan, effectively breaking the back of the KKK in Alabama."

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