A 72-year-old former Ku Klux Klan member was sentenced to three life terms in prison Friday for his role in the murders of two black teenagers in the US Deep South 43 years ago, according to DPA. A federal judge in Jackson, Mississippi, sentenced James Ford Seale for conspiracy and two counts of kidnapping in the abduction and slaying of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, the US Justice Department said. A grand jury convicted Seale in June after finding that he and other Klansmen conspired to kidnap, beat and murder the two hitchhiking 19-year-olds on May 2, 1964. He is the only suspect to be convicted for the killings. "For his role in these terrible crimes, James Ford Seale will spend the remainder of his life in prison," US Assistant Attorney General Wan J Kim said.
