Global InformationCecil Price information
Cecil Price | |
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 Mugshot of Price (late 1964) | |
| Born | April 15, 1938 Flora, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 2001 (aged 63) University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| 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 |
| Details | |
| Victims | James Chaney, 21 Andrew Goodman, 20 Michael Schwerner, 24 |
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]
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]
- ^ Diane McWhorter (January 9, 1989). "Since Mississippi Burned". people.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Linderwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Stout, David (May 9, 2001). "Cecil Price, 63, Deputy Guilty In Killing of 3 Rights Workers". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2010.