South Louisiana Men to Be Sentenced in Cross-Burning

The Advertiser reports that five men, all members of the Ku Klux Klan, are set to be sentenced Thursday on federal charges related to a Beauregard parish cross-burning on September 1, 2002. The men all pleaded guilty and face sentencing by United States District Judge Tucker Melancon.

In a closely related story, The Times-Picayune reports that the United States Supreme Court upheld a Virginia law that banned cross burning, "ruling [that] the history of racial intimidation attached to it outweighs the free speech protection of Ku Klux Klansmen or others who might use it."

Posted by AJR at April 8, 2003 10:48 AM