Byron De La Beckwith

Byron de La Beckwith, a white segregationist, was charged with the murder. He was set free in 1964 after two trials resulted in hung juries but was convicted in a third trial held in 1994. Beckwith was given a life sentence, and in 2001 he…

Segregationist Byron De La Beckwith was initially tried for the murder but was released as a result of hung juries; however, three decades later, in 1994, after being retried a third time, De La Beckwith was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.