Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers on February 5, 1994. The Mississippi NAACP leader was shot to death in his own driveway shortly after midnight ...

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TRIALS Hung JuryFor the eleven days of his trial, Byron De La Beckwith, 43, accused killer of Mississippi N.A.A.C.P. Leader Medgar Evers, performed more like a circus clown than a defendant in a ...

Ghosts of Mississippi is a real-life drama covering the final trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the assassin of heroic civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The movie begins with the murder on June 12 ...