High Court Won't Review Civil Rights-Era Case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to charge a reputed Ku Klux Klansman with kidnapping more than 40 years after two black men were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi. The justices on Monday rejected a plea from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rule on whether too much time had elapsed for the case against James Ford Seale to go forward. The action leaves in place a lower court ruling that the statute of limitations had not expired for a federal kidnapping charge against Seale in the 1964 disappearance of two 19-year-old friends. Seale was convicted in 2007 of abducting the men. Authorities said they were beaten, weighted down and thrown, possibly still alive, into a Mississippi River backwater. ©2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Click here to read this story on www.local15tv.com

MORE FROM WPMI.COM, NBC15

WPMI.com, NBC15 Section Front

Post Thanksgiving Deals Extend Through the Weekend Couple Accused of Trying to Pass Counterfeit Money Man sentenced to two life terms in prison Iron Bowl 74 a Nail Biter Tiger Woods Injured in Crash WPMI.com, NBC15 Section Front   Add WPMI.com, NBC15 headlines to your news reader: