Cecil Price
Ku Klux Klan member, convicted of conspiracy in murders of 3 workers in Mississippi, 1964 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cecil Ray Price (April 15, 1938 – May 6, 2001) was an American police officer and white supremacist. He was a participant in the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964. At the time of the murders, Price was 26 years old and a deputy sheriff in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was a member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.[2]
Cecil Price | |
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Born | (1938-04-15)April 15, 1938 Flora, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | May 6, 2001(2001-05-06) (aged 63) |
Occupation | Deputy sheriff |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Spouse | Conner Price[1] |
Children | Cecil Ray Price Jr. |
Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to deprive rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) |
Criminal penalty | 6 years imprisonment |
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Victims | James Chaney, 21 Andrew Goodman, 20 Michael Schwerner, 24 |
While he was never charged with the murders, Price was convicted in October 1967 of violating the civil rights of the three victims.[3] He was sentenced to a six-year prison term and served four and a half years at the Sandstone Federal Penitentiary in Minnesota. Following his release from prison, he returned to Philadelphia, Mississippi, and worked a variety of jobs. Cecil Price died following a fall from a piece of equipment at his job on May 6, 2001.[3]